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Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP fileCollins, who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee, has largely blamed Democrats for the shutdown. Democrats, meanwhile, accuse Republicans of refusing to negotiate on extending health care premium subsidies for millions of Americans. -
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The Wabanaki Alliance has come out in opposition to Question 1 on November’s ballot, warning that the Wabanaki nations would be harmed by changes to absentee voting and its exclusion of tribal IDs as a valid form of voter identification. -
In late-September, 250 absentee ballots that were supposed to go to Ellsworth instead ended up in an Amazon box sent to a private home. Investigations into the incident are ongoing. -
Graham Platner, in an Associated Press interview, said that while his campaign initially said he would remove the tattoo, he chose to cover it up with another tattoo due to the limited options where he lives in rural Maine. -
State officials warn, funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is expected to run out of regular funding in the coming weeks due to the federal government shutdown. -
Platner says he didn't know about the Nazi affiliation when he got the tattoo as an 18-year-old rifleman in the Marines. -
Shah, who lives in Brunswick, was the public face of Maine's response to the COVID pandemic and also held the second-highest position at the U.S. CDC for two years until President Donald Trump regained office. -
Analysis of the candidates and campaigns for Maine governor and U.S. House & Senate, and top issues leading into the 2026 election -
The nationwide series of protests included at least 40 demonstrations in Maine. Participants talked about what they see as Trump's unlawful expansions of executive powers and cuts to essential services. -
In the posts he criticized police and wrote that white rural Americans “actually are” racist and stupid. Platner said the posts were a result of loneliness and disillusionment after he left the military, but don't represent who he is today. -
Most federal employees received a partial paycheck last week for days worked before the shutdown began. But with no apparent end in sight, many workers are worried about when the next paycheck might arrive.
