Mail delays sharply rose in Maine as Postal Service pursued savings, new data show
While absences of postal workers due to the coronavirus pandemic and natural disasters could explain delays nationally, neither applies to Maine, a state hit less hard by the virus.
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Ex-Pence adviser says Trump bungled virus; she’s for Biden
Olivia Troye is the latest former member of the Trump administration to speak out against him and urge voters to deny him a second term.
William Barr under fire over comparison of virus lock-in to slavery
The attorney general had called the lockdown orders the “greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history” since slavery.
At town hall, Biden blasts Trump’s ‘criminal’ virus response
“I never, ever thought I would see just such a thoroughly, totally irresponsible administration,” he said at a CNN drive-in town hall crowd in Pennsylvania.
Ad Watch: Susan Collins equates separate Sara Gideon votes from 2010 with defunding police
Collins’ “defund the police” attack on Gideon puts together actions that came months apart a decade ago.
Feds allow Canadian loggers to threaten Maine jobs, Senate president says in complaint
Illegal Canadian competition “has left many Maine loggers and truckers struggling to find work and earn decent wages,” Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, said in the complaint.
Eric Trump makes appearances in New England on father’s behalf
Eric Trump spoke to an enthusiastic crowd at the Trump campaign field office in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, before heading to the Camp Ellis Pier in Saco.
Trump downplays legacy of slavery in appeal to white voters
The president’s comments amounted to a defense of white culture and a denunciation of Democrats, the media and others who he accused of trying to indoctrinate school children and shame their parents’ “whiteness.”
Janet Mills accepts emergency Maine budget plan, will ask for more changes in January
The plan takes $130.5 million from unspent appropriations and reduces state budget spending by $125 million through continued cost-savings efforts like reducing travel and delaying technology to counter the bulk of the shortfall.
Trump disputes health officials, sees mass vaccinations soon
Trump also disagreed with Dr. Robert Redfield about the effectiveness of protective masks — which the president recommends but almost never wears — and said he’d telephoned Redfield to tell him so.
Report: Feds considered using ‘heat ray’ on DC protesters
Use of either the acoustic device or the Active Denial System would have been a significant escalation of crowd control for the Guard members, particularly since the Defense officials ordered that the Guard troops not be armed when they went into D.C.
Democrats to investigate forced surgery claims at Georgia detention center
Leading congressional Democrats reacted furiously Tuesday to lightly substantiated claims that immigrants held at a detention center in Georgia are undergoing questionable hysterectomies.
New referendum bid guarantees CMP corridor will be lasting issue in Maine politics
The political conversation around the controversial hydropower corridor proposal will not be going away anytime soon.
William Barr floats theory of foreign mail-vote fraud that experts call impossible
The attorney general’s argument echoes Russian claims designed to undermine trust in the U.S. presidential election.
William Barr pushes ‘sedition’ charges against racial justice protesters
The move would be a legal tough sell because sedition requires showing that protesters specifically plotted to overthrow the U.S. government.
CMP corridor opponents launch 2nd referendum bid aimed at killing the project
The corridor through western Maine that would take hydropower from Quebec to the regional grid is a few federal permits and local approvals away from construction.
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