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Justin Chenette: How it feels to have a constitutional right to marriage
It’s an incredible feeling you get when you gain a constitutional right that your friends and family have had their…
Maine’s newspapers call for investigation, impeachment of Gov. LePage
In editorials printed this morning, the editorial boards of Maine’s two largest newspapers called for an investigation into Governor Paul LePage’s…
King, Collins thanked for sponsoring anti-torture amendment
Members and staff of the Maine People’s Alliance (MPA) visited the offices of Senator Angus King in Scarborough and Senator…
Gov. LePage threatens funding for at-risk children to get House Speaker fired
Good Will-Hinckley, a charity that operates a day treatment school focused on children with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges in…
The real story: How four Senate Democrats sold out Maine’s asylum seekers
The fight to make sure Maine continues General Assistance (GA) funding for asylum seekers and prevents more than a thousand…
Rep. Pingree calls out racism in attacks on assistance for immigrants
In a powerful speech to more than 1,300 Mainers gathered at Merrill Auditorium in Portland to remember and honor victims…
Ron Schmidt: How to respond to an immoral budget
The novelist Thomas Mann once asked, “what good would politics be, if it didn’t give everyone the opportunity to make…
After half-century of mercury pollution, Mallinckrodt may be forced to clean up Penobscot
A federal judge in Bangor ordered recommendations be made for a cleanup of toxic mercury in the Penobscot river on…
Walmart’s vast web of offshore subsidiaries help it avoid Maine, U.S. taxes
A groundbreaking report released today by Americans for Tax Fairness reveals that mega-retailer Walmart has built a vast, undisclosed web of…
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