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Pro-Collins super PAC attacks Graham Platner weeks before Democratic primary
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (190+ words) A political action committee created to help Republican U. S. Sen. Susan Collins win reelection in November is spending nearly $2 million attacking Democratic challenger Graham Platner. The Pine Tree Results PAC ads against Platner'come with more than a month left before the…...
Susan Collins jabs'Democratic rivals and boosts Paul Le Page at GOP gathering
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (745+ words) Politics Our political journalists are based in the Maine State House and have deep source networks across the partisan spectrum in communities all over the state. Their coverage aims to cut through major debates and probe how officials make decisions....
Avoid scandal'and play hardball politics in the BDN's town meeting game
10+ hour, 17+ min ago (200+ words) Michael Shepherd joined the Bangor Daily News in 2015 after time at the Kennebec Journal. He lives in Augusta, graduated from the University of Maine in 2012 and has a master's degree from the University of Southern Maine's Muskie School of Public…...
Democrats shut down Maine'Legislature to kill child welfare bill opposed by Janet Mills
9+ hour, 22+ min ago (461+ words) AUGUSTA, Maine " Maine Democrats used procedural moves to grind the Legislature to a halt on Wednesday and kill a bipartisan child welfare bill that was opposed by Gov. Janet Mills. It was a loud and eventful final day of the…...
Opinion: I lived and worked with universal health care. It works and it's less expensive.
1+ week, 2+ day ago (402+ words) Matt Kelland of Winthrop is a consultant, entrepreneur, teacher and writer with 40 years of experience primarily in technology. He is originally from the UK, and now a proud U. S. citizen. There's currently a lot of talk about universal health care as…...
Letter: Donald Trump's contradictions on states rights
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (138+ words) What does the Trump administration want? On one hand they have said that they want to dismantle the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and leave it to the individual states to take care of any. .. Letters submitted by BDN readers…...
Bobby Charles deletes website with false information about his Republican gubernatorial rival
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (416+ words) Politics Our political journalists are based in the Maine State House and have deep source networks across the partisan spectrum in communities all over the state. Their coverage aims to cut through major debates and probe how officials make decisions....
Maine GOP projects unity around crowded gubernatorial'field at convention
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (841+ words) As frontrunning gubernatorial candidate Bobby Charles'finished a fiery stump speech at the Maine Republican Convention Saturday morning, one of his rivals, entrepreneur Jonathan Bush, watched from the upper bleachers. Shortly after the convention chair nudged Charles to wrap up, Bush…...
After months without updates, a trademark has been filed for Trump Mobile'plan
3+ week, 17+ hour ago (441+ words) Trump Mobile, an enterprise of President Donald Trump's Trump Organization, went silent for months. Now, records show signs of life. Trump Mobile launched in June 2025 with a cellular service plan and a custom gold "T1 Phone" that was initially slated to…...
Hezbollah says ceasefire 'meaningless' as fighting continues in south
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (776+ words) BEIRUT/JERUSALEM " Lebanon's Hezbollah said a U. S. -mediated ceasefire in the war with Israel was meaningless a day after it was extended for three weeks, as Lebanese authorities reported two people killed by an Israeli strike and Hezbollah downed an Israeli…...