Stories about Angus King
VIDEO
Angus King shares his view of IRS scandal
on May 18, 2013, at 2:05 p.m.
Independent Maine Sen. Angus King talked recently about how the Internal Revenue Services singled out conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status for extra scrutiny. What do you think of the IRS probe? — Question from BDN reader David Davis “Well, there are really two scandals involved here. … No. 1 ...
Despite siding with Democrats on 90 percent of votes, King says, ‘I’m making my own decisions’
AUGUSTA, Maine — Independent Sen. Angus King’s early penchant for voting with Democrats seems to be surprising no one in Washington, including Republicans in the Senate. And the trend isn’t likely to hold, the senator says. In April, the National Journal posted an article titled “Independent in name only.” Based ...
Bangor International Airport’s overnight air traffic control shift won’t be eliminated
BANGOR, Maine —The overnight shift at Bangor International Airport’s air traffic control tower will not be eliminated by the Federal Aviation Administration, Maine’s congressional delegation announced Wednesday. “We are tremendously pleased that the FAA has decided not to eliminate the overnight shift at BIA,” Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King ...
Federal order for American Airlines to cut flights would hurt Bangor International Airport, say city officials
BANGOR, Maine — Bangor International Airport could lose successful Washington D.C. flights if the federal government decides the merger of US Airways and American Airlines violates antitrust laws, city and airport officials said. In April 2012, US Airways announced plans to take over American Airlines, which was in the midst ...
VIDEO
Angus King urges cautious response to Syrian nerve gas reports
By Kathleen Hunter, Bloomberg on April 27, 2013, at 6:02 a.m.
WASHINGTON — The United States must be “really careful” in determining its response to evidence from intelligence agencies that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime may have used chemical weapons, Maine Sen. Angus King said. “We got to be sure that it really is the regime and not the opposition that ...
Susan Collins, gun rights group announce support for background check compromise
By Tom Hamburger and Ed O'Keefe, The Washington Post on April 15, 2013, at 11:58 a.m.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Susan Collins and a national gun rights organization are among those lending support to a proposed expansion of criminal background checks for firearms sales. A Senate vote on the compromise drafted by Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Patrick Toomey, R-Pa. is expected this week. In a statement ...
Maine congressional delegation fights to keep overnight hours at Bangor airport tower
BANGOR, Maine — All four members of Maine’s congressional delegation stood in opposition of a possible elimination of the overnight shift at the Bangor International Airport air traffic control tower on Friday. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King and Reps. Mike Michaud and Chellie Pingree sent a joint letter to ...
Angus King votes with Democrats as Senate panel passes first budget in three years
WASHINGTON — Sen. Angus King joined 10 Democrats and the Senate’s other independent member, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, in voting Thursday evening to pass a budget resolution for the federal fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. All 10 of the committee’s Republican members opposed the budget resolution, which was crafted ...
Former head of company that shuttered Brunswick operations plans to open new call center
BRUNSWICK, Maine — The former CEO of Brunswick-based EnvisioNet, plans to bring a call center — and 80 to 100 jobs — to the former Brunswick Naval Air Station by the end of May. Heather Blease, former head of the company once touted by former Gov. and now-U.S. Sen. Angus ...
Sandy relief funds could help Yarmouth dredge its diminishing harbor
YARMOUTH, Maine — In the warmer months, low tides leave docks and boats sitting cockeyed in what looks like a giant mud pit, not a marina. The harbor’s mooring field is supposed to be 6 feet deep at low tide, according to federal navigation standards, while the navigation channel should ...
2,000 Canadian cyclists cancel trip to Maine over alleged complications with U.S. Customs
BELFAST, Maine — Two thousand Canadian cyclists who planned to spend a week pedaling around the Pine Tree State this August with the Velo Quebec bike touring group won’t be coming after all, apparently because of complications with U.S. Customs. The news is deeply disappointing to Maine bike aficionados and ...
King, Pingree and Michaud want courts to strike federal ban on same-sex marriage
WASHINGTON — Three members of Maine’s congressional delegation have added their voices to those urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the federal Defense of Marriage Act. U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, and the state’s two U.S. House members, Democrats Chellie Pingree and Mike Michaud, announced Friday in a joint ...
Chellie Pingree lobbies Obama to require environmental review if Portland pipeline is reversed to carry tar sands
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, sent a letter Wednesday to the Obama administration asking that any plan to reverse the flow of the Portland Montreal Pipeline to carry oil sands from Canada to Portland Harbor require a new permitting process and a thorough environmental review. Pingree’s letter ...
King votes in favor of Chuck Hagel and Collins votes against nomination as Senate confirms defense secretary
By Michael A. Memoli, Tribune Washington Bureau on Feb. 26, 2013, at 5:48 p.m.
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Chuck Hagel, a Vietnam War veteran and former Republican senator from Nebraska, as the 24th secretary of defense after a brutal confirmation process that saw members of his own party question his capacity to lead the Pentagon. Just hours after a vote ...
Bipartisan Maine group urges Susan Collins, Angus King to take lead on immigration reform
AUGUSTA, Maine — Two Republican lawmakers, a Democratic former House speaker, a union member and business representatives joined in an effort Tuesday to pressure Maine’s U.S. senators, independent Angus King and Republican Susan Collins, to take leadership roles in crafting a bipartisan immigration reform package in Congress. At a State ...
Collins, King support plan to actually provide money after declaring Northeast fisheries disaster
By Richard Gaines, Gloucester Daily Times on Feb. 16, 2013, at 9:35 a.m.
Asserting that the federal government has the responsibility to provide relief in fisheries that have been declared disasters, 13 U.S. senators — including Maine’s Susan Collins and Angus King — have urged President Obama to introduce special budget funding for the Northeast groundfishery and three others in Mississippi and Alaska.. ...
King joins Democrats to oppose GOP plan to weaken consumer bureau
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times on Feb. 16, 2013, at 9:09 a.m.
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats, joined by Angus King of Maine, said Thursday they were united in opposing Republican efforts to weaken the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and told President Barack Obama they supported the renomination of Richard Cordray to head the agency. “It is time to confirm Richard Cordray as ...
ANALYSIS
Move on assault weapons creates risks for Obama
By Andy Sullivan, Reuters on Jan. 15, 2013, at 6:12 a.m.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama appears ready to gamble in the debate over gun control. By signaling on Monday that he will ask Congress to ban military-style assault weapons, Obama is embarking on a high-risk strategy that is likely to further inflame tensions with Republicans at a time when feelings ...
Angus King to appear on NBC’s ‘Nightly News,’ ‘Meet the Press’ this week
LEWISTON, Maine — Maine’s newest U.S. senator is poised to make a national splash this week as he appears on two of the country’s most watched television news and politics shows. Former Maine governor and independent, Angus King, who will be sworn into the U.S. Senate Thursday, appears on NBC’s ...
Angus King nervous but not intimidated as he starts meeting senators
BRUNSWICK, Maine — Thirty down, 69 to go. Angus King has his work cut out for him. As you might expect, since his election to the U.S. Senate in November, King has been a busy guy. On Tuesday, the former two-term, independent governor of Maine was counting up the number ...
Former Bangor YMCA building sold to new dental technology school
LePage delivers instant veto after hospital debt, Medicaid bill passes Senate
‘Knife war’ led to fatal stabbing at Bangor apartments in April, witness says
Bangor man charged with murder, escape from psychiatric hospital found not competent to stand trial
After 27 years, a father continues to search for his daughter, presumed dead
Why is DHHS always asking for more money?
The scramble to fill the 2nd District seat if Mike Michaud runs for governor
Maine GOP disappoints on Medicaid
Goodwin steps down as Brewer High School boys basketball coach
University of Maine hockey job has been offered to former assistant Red Gendron
Bucksport’s Cassidy Adams strikes out 19 in single game
Live Updates: UMaine baseball vs. Binghamton in America East championship round
UMaine trails Binghamton 8-2 in suspended game at America East baseball tourney
Maine Democrats stooped to the governor’s level with TV complaint
Maine’s beer industry continues to brew double-digit growth
‘All That’ actress Amanda Bynes arrested after allegedly tossing bong out apartment window on 36th floor
Maine School of Science and Mathematics alumni drawn to give back to magnet school