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Janet Mills drops out of Maine Senate race, clearing way for Platner

This is a big win for the Bernie Sanders wing of the Democratic Party.

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Maine Gov. Janet Mills drops out of Senate race

Maine Gov. Janet Mills ended her Senate campaign on Thursday, saying she lacked the funds necessary to continue on to the June Democratic primary. “While I have the drive and passion, commitment and experience, and above all else – the fight – to continue on, I very simply do not…

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Maine Governor Vetoes Broad Criminal Records Sealing Bill

From Gov. Janet Mills' message Friday "vetoing L.D. 1911, An Act to Automatically Seal Criminal History Record Information/or Certain Crimes":… The post Maine Governor Vetoes Broad Criminal Records Sealing Bill appeared first on Reason.com.

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Maine governor vetoes bill that bans large new data centers — says legislature should’ve exempted one particular well-supported data center

Governor Janet Mills vetoed a bill that would have enacted a moratorium on all data center projects because it would affect one site to be built on a former paper mill in Jay, Franklin County.

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Nation's first state moratorium on data centers vetoed by Maine's governor

Maine’s Democratic governor has vetoed what would have been the country’s first state moratorium on the construction of data centers

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Maine tried zoning reform to fix its housing crisis. It’s unclear if it’s working.

The Maine Legislature has been working to adjust zoning laws to boost housing construction

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At the Races: Ethically challenged

Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. It was less than a week ago that Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell was a front-runner to be the next governor…

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Democratic candidates start 2026 with a fundraising bang

Money continued to flow as the midterm election year kicked off. Fundraising reports covering the first three months of the year show that it was a fruitful first quarter for many congressional candidates, with a handful of Senate hopefuls reporting eight-figure hauls and some House candidates surpassing the $2 million…

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The data center boom meets resistance in Maine as lawmakers pass a yearlong freeze

Maine’s legislature has passed the nation’s first statewide moratorium on energy-hungry data centers

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Scoop: Platner declares Mills nearly finished in Maine Senate primary

"Another day, another poll with Graham up big in the primary."

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Justice Department probes California and Maine over housing transgender women with female inmates

The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether California and Maine violate female inmates’ rights by housing them with transgender women

The Independent UK

At the Races: Crypto’s next stand

Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. The cryptocurrency industry began flexing its political muscle in 2022, and crypto spending has only increased since. In advance of…

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Maine Democratic Senate Primary Intensifies as Mills Ad Targets Platner Over Comments About Women and Tattoo

Maine Gov. Janet Mills has launched her first negative ad in the Democratic Senate primary, escalating an increasingly bitter contest against progressive challenger Graham Platner in one of the party's top pickup opportunities of the 2026 midterms.

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Maine Sen. Susan Collins makes reelection bid official

Maine Sen. Susan Collins, New England’s sole Republican in Congress, formally launched her bid for reelection Tuesday.

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Maine shaken by ICE raids as backlash threatens Republican Senate control

Workers and unions condemn ICE operation as ‘horrific’ as pressure builds on Susan Collins, facing re-election this year

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Fight over ICE takes center stage in contested Senate primaries

The fallout from the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents in Minnesota is reverberating in Senate races nationwide.

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Maine’s ‘Lobster Lady’ who fished for nearly a century dies aged 105

Virginia ‘Ginny’ Oliver, had entered the business when she was eight and liked ‘being along the water’

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‘Lobster Lady’ of Maine, whose dedicated following includes Mark Hamill, dies at 105

The ‘Lobster Lady’ gained international recognition, including an invitation to join the Cardiff Royal Naval Association in Great Britain

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ICE arrests 100 people three days into Maine immigration crackdown, DHS says

Organizers say ICE agents have been targeting African nationals amid surge focused in Portland and Lewiston

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Collins, Mills take different tacks on ICE's sweeping enforcement action in Maine

Maine’s leading Republican and Democratic officials are taking different approaches to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s sweeping ongoing action in the state

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Could ICE raids in Maine swing its key Senate race?

NEWS ANALYSIS: Susan Collins is a barnacle who has clung to her seat for six terms. But Donald Trump is dumping a national issue in her backyard, and giving her opponent a chance to deal with it, writes John Bowden

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Maine's governor demands data on immigration arrests as fear spreads amid enforcement surge

Maine's Democratic governor has challenged federal immigration officials to provide arrest warrants, real-time numbers and information about detainees amid a sweeping enforcement operation in the state

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ICE has picked its next target as agents surge into Maine and arrest 50 in ‘Operation Catch of the Day’

The Department of Homeland Security said it intends to make 1,000 arrests

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Is Donald Trump now the GOP’s biggest obstacle to keeping the Senate?

ANALYSIS: Republicans are being forced to spend time and resources putting out fires that Donald Trump keeps setting, writes John Bowden

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Inside Schumer's plot to retake the Senate

Schumer and Democrats will need to flip at least four GOP-held seats to reclaim a majority.

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