How to get an absentee ballot in Maine and make sure your vote is counted
At least two-thirds of Maine voters usually vote in-person each election, so the experience of voting absentee is new for many.
Maine Election 2020
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Coastal Maine businesses will have to enforce face covering requirement
The new executive order specifically concerns large retail stores, lodging establishments, restaurants, outdoor bars and tasting rooms.
Maine to allow travelers from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut without virus test
Travelers from those three states join residents of New Hampshire and Vermont who are allowed into Maine without restrictions due to low case counts.
Maine anticipates slow recovery from coronavirus-induced recession
Its July report says the economy will slowly rebound over the next two years, assuming new cases are effectively managed and that more federal aid comes.
Russian bounties further strain Trump’s bond with veterans
Any erosion in Trump’s support from the national security community, long a pillar of the GOP base, could damage his re-election prospects.
Republicans, with exception of Trump, now push mask-wearing
It’s a rare break for Republicans from Trump, who last month said that some people wear masks simply to show that they disapprove of him.
ICE paid Maine county jail hundreds of thousands to detain immigrants facing removal
Between 2015 and 2019, Immigration and Customs Enforcement paid $297,050 to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office to detain noncitizens.
Senate extends small business coronavirus relief program
The move by Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin came hours before a deadline for applying for the program, which was created in March and modified twice since.
Maine Legislature could return by August to stamp virus response
The Legislature could return to the State House as soon as August for a high-stakes special session colored by the coronavirus and the 2020 election.
Maine, CMP revise lease at heart of corridor proposal, but legal questions remain
CMP will now have to pay $65,000 a year to use a 300-foot wide, one-mile stretch of land in the West Forks Plantation area that the powerline will pass through.
Judge temporarily blocks tell-all book by Trump’s niece due to possible family pact
The book, scheduled to be published July 28, was written by Mary Trump, the daughter of Fred Trump Jr., the president’s elder brother.
House Democrats’ climate plan aims to end greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
The election-year plan backed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California and other leaders is less ambitious than the Green New Deal.
Supreme Court lifts ban on state aid to religious schooling
The court’s 5-4 ruling came in a dispute over a Montana scholarship program for private K-12 education that also makes donors eligible for up to $150 in state tax credits.
GOP lawmakers urge action after Russia-Afghanistan briefing
Republicans who were in the briefing Monday expressed alarm about Russia’s activities in Afghanistan.
Supreme Court’s abortion ruling raises stakes for election
Both sides also say Monday’s ruling is not the last word on state-level abortion restrictions.
White House was aware of Russian bounties on US troops in 2019, sources say
The assessment was included in at least one of President Donald Trump’s written daily intelligence briefings at the time, according to U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the intelligence.
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