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LePage Says He'll Go to Jail Before Expanding Medicaid, Goes After Hospitals

House Republicans on Monday managed to sustain Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of a bill that would have provided the necessary start-up funding for Medicaid expansion. But advocates for expansion are still encouraging eligible . . .
North Atlantic Blues Festival Comes to Town

The North Atlantic Blues Festival, an annual two-day blues music festival, takes place this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, July 14 and 15, at Harbor Park at the Public Landing in Rockland, overlooking Rockland Harbor. In addition to . . .
Viking Ship to Make Four-Day Stopover in Rockland

Rockland will be one of the Norwegian Viking ship Draken Harald Hårfagre’s official Maine stops on its Expedition America: East Coast Tour 2018. The tour, which got under way at the start of July, will bring the world’s largest operating . . .
Eye on Augusta: Bill to Recriminalize Marijuana Fails

The Senate voted 18-13 to defeat the bill and the House voted 73-49 to kill it
ACLU: The Constitution in the 100-Mile Border Zone

The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects Americans from random and arbitrary stops and searches. According to the government, however, these basic constitutional principles do not apply fully at our borders
Sen. Angus King: Family Separation Isn’t Complicated; It’s Wrong

Immigration is a complicated issue with countless complicated problems
Republicans Move to Defund Clean Elections, Affecting Mostly Democratic Campaigns

Gov. Paul LePage and his Republican allies may have discovered a secret weapon to prevent Democrats from winning both houses of the Legislature this fall — defunding their campaigns
Maine’s Congressional Delegation Reacts to Trump’s Child Separation Policy

On Wednesday afternoon, President Donald Trump finally bowed to public pressure and signed an executive order to end the separation of families seeking asylum at the Mexican border. “We’re going to have strong, very strong borders . . .
2018 Maine Literary Award Winners

At an awards ceremony on June 14, hosted at SPACE in Portland, Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance revealed the winners of the 2018 Maine Literary Awards. This year, 145 books were entered across the award’s categories, . . .
Chasing Down the Great American Eclipse of 2017

Apparently, planning a trip where the ultimate goal is to intersect with the Great American Eclipse along its very narrow “path of totality” requires a bit more planning than getting into the car with a valid credit card and a can of Pringles to munch on along the way
Rockland Debates Ambitious “New Urbanism” Ordinance

Once upon a time, Rockland and other large towns and cities across Maine were built for pedestrians. Neighborhoods were more densely populated and closer to the downtown. Residents could easily pop down to the local hardware . . .

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