Less than two weeks after 18 people were killed by a gunman in their small New England city, residents headed gingerly to polling places Tuesday. The mood was somber. Several shooting survivors remained hospitalized, flags flew at half-staff, and funerals were being held this week for those who died in …
Read More »Massachusetts budget approval lets utilities raise rates to compensate for Canadian hydropower corridor costs
A budget signed by Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey this week will allow utilities to raise rates to make up for hundreds of millions of dollars in additional costs to complete a transmission line to bring Canadian hydropower to the New England electricity grid. The head of Central Maine Power Co.’s …
Read More »Susan Collins heckled at Maine ribbon-cutting to delight of leftist challenger as pivotal Senate race heats up
Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, faced repeated heckling from protesters on Tuesday during a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the completion of a $9.2 million federally-funded Route 1 reconstruction project. Collins’ remarks on securing federal money for the project were repeatedly drowned out, showing both her challenges on the home front and the …
Read More »Vulnerable House Dem dismisses primary challenger as race heats up: '30-year party crony'
A moderate Democratic congressman who Republicans consider one of the most vulnerable House Democrats running for re-election next year is now facing a primary challenge from the left. Maine state auditor Matt Dunlap on Monday launched a 2026 bid for the U.S. House in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District against four-term …
Read More »Bernie Sanders defends Maine Senate candidate under fire for Reddit comments
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is standing firm behind Maine Democrat Graham Platner, a first-time Senate hopeful facing outrage over a Nazi-style tattoo and resurfaced Reddit posts. Sanders, in an interview with Axios, blamed the media for the fury about the tattoo and Platner’s deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, where he …
Read More »Maine Democratic Senate candidate insists he's 'not a secret Nazi' after controversial tattoo reveal
Maine Democratic Senate candidate and former Marine Graham Platner denied he was a “secret Nazi” Monday after revealing he has a tattoo that resembles a Nazi Germany symbol. Platner’s campaign shared a video with the “Pod Save America” podcast that showed Platner lip-syncing to Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball” at his …
Read More »'The View' ladies slam Maine Senate candidate over Nazi symbol tattoo, saying it's 'not just a whoopsie'
All the ladies of ABC’s “The View” harshly criticized Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner on Thursday after he revealed his Nazi-style tattoo earlier this week. “I mean, doesn’t anybody recognize that if you’re going to run for office, your stuff’s going to come up?” co-host Whoopi Goldberg asked. “So, …
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