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The current chancellor of the UMaine System Dannel Malloy will help lead an international committee advocating against the death penalty. While governor of Connecticut in 2015, Malloy signed legislation abolishing capital punishment in the state.
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Does a potato count as a vegetable? Why the answer to that question matters to Maine
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Mainers can now start voting absentee for next month's primary elections. These are the first local elections using semi-open primaries, where voters who are not enrolled in a specific party can cast a ballot in the primary of their choice.
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Maine Gov. Janet Mills has decided not to remove Oxford County's sheriff, after county commissioners petitioned for his dismissal.
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U.S. Rep. Jared Golden discusses top priorities and concerns, including the Middle East and China, gun safety —and the national partisan divide
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Senator King and a group of bipartisan lawmakers are asking the VA for an explanation and where the reductions will occur.
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The proposal was designed to match a federal rule banning devices that can allow semi-automatic firearms to fire almost as quickly as machine guns, but the governor argued that the definition in the bill were overly broad and could include devices used by hunters and in target shooting.
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The House and Senate will likely take up the additional initiatives on Friday as lawmakers gather for potentially one final time to vote on several vetoes from Gov. Janet Mills.
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Bowdoin College students overwhelmingly voted last week to support a referendum calling for the College to divest and condemn violence in Gaza committed by the Israeli government.
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The group of 24 veterans lined up single file and began the walk from Ogunquit beach, waving flags and holding signs that call for peace. Participants said it's important to speak out because they've seen firsthand the devastation of war.
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The bill would ban children under 13 from creating accounts, and prohibit companies from feeding content using algorithms to children under 17.
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Maine Labor for Palestine and Maine Students for Palestine are calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, an end to the assault on Palestinians in Rafah, and institutional and business divestment from Israeli interests.