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Augusta, Maine · AugustaAUGUSTA, Maine — Mainers will vote on whether to restore a version of the original 1901 state flag during the November presidential election in a side effect of infighting between Gov. Janet Mills and her fellow Democrats in the Legislature.A measure that would have pushed the vote to 2026 was among the 35 bills that lawmakers approved on Friday, which was their last day of work for the year. Mills announced Tuesday that she would not act on any…See the Story
Maine will finally vote this November to change the state flag
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Absentee Ballots · AugustaAUGUSTA, Maine — In-person absentee voting has begun ahead of Maine’s June 11 primaries that will determine November matchups in races for Congress, the Legislature and county offices across the state.The highest-profile race will be on the Republican side for the right to face U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, a Democrat from Maine’s swing 2nd District. Freshman state Reps. Austin Theriault of Fort Kent and Mike Soboleski of Phillips are the candidates i…See the Story
Early voting begins ahead of Maine’s June 11 congressional and legislative primaries
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Augusta, Maine · AugustaThe BDN Editorial Board operates independently from the newsroom, and does not set policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com. A proposal from the Biden administration to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous substance is a good step in ending America’s long, and failed, war on drugs. However, much more remains to be done to align federal drug policy with the realities, and rea…See the Story
Proposal to reclassify marijuana signals important shift away from failed punitive approach
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Augusta, Maine · AugustaAUGUSTA — The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention urges Maine residents and visitors to take precautions to make tick prevention a “big deal” this month. Gov. Janet Mills has again proclaimed May Lyme Disease Awareness Month; this year’s theme is “Little tick, big deal.” Preventing tick bites is the best way to keep […]See the Story
Maine CDC marks Lyme Disease Awareness Month
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Susan Collins · AugustaAUGUSTA, Maine — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and a bipartisan group of lawmakers want to boost President Joe Biden’s defense budget beyond the 1 percent increase called for in last year’s debt ceiling deal, but a divided Congress and the looming November elections will likely stall any action this year.Biden has requested $895 billion in defense spending for 2025, up from the current $886 billion budget. But Collins, a Republican from Maine, said a …See the Story
Susan Collins’ effort to spend billions more on defense faces big hurdles
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