Central Maine – Politics
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Features news from the Kennebec Journal of Augusta, Maine and Morning Sentinel of Waterville, Maine. This section of the news website covers political updates and news.
Senate passes bill forcing TikTok’s parent company to sell or face ban, sends to Biden for signature
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33m ago
The bill now goes to President Biden, who has backed the TikTok proposal and has said he will sign the bill as soon as he gets it ..read more
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4h ago
Members of the public who oppose the bill harangued Republican lawmakers after the vote, leading House Speaker Cameron Sexton to order the galleries cleared ..read more
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6h ago
The House and Senate will come back to vote on any vetoes, which require two-thirds support to overturn ..read more
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14h ago
Prosecutors are also expected to ask that Trump should be held in contempt for violating a gag order over a series of posts on Truth Social. Trump's lawyers deny that he broke the order ..read more
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19h ago
The measure passed the Senate in a bipartisan 22-8 vote but was never taken up in the House. 'We could have at least had the conversation,' said the bill's sponsor ..read more
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1d ago
The budget bill includes funding for storm relief, investments in affordable and emergency housing, a new minimum wage for education technicians and school support staff, and more ..read more
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1d ago
The opening statements in the first criminal trial of a former American president provided a clear roadmap of how prosecutors will try to make the case that Donald Trump broke the law, and how the defense plans to fight the charges on multiple fronts ..read more
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1d ago
Threats to election offices that have been an alarming consequence of Trump's false claims about his 2020 loss loom as a perilous wildcard for the thousands of local government workers who will oversee the election this fall ..read more
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2d ago
Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records and could face four years in prison if convicted, though it’s not clear if the judge would seek to put him behind bars ..read more
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2d ago
The $18 million pilot initiative is meant to curb evictions. About 2,400 people and families will qualify ..read more