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Allison Dinner/AP fileThe attorneys general say the U.S. Department of Agriculture has access to billions of dollars in contingency funds and can use them pay for the November benefits. -
Courtesy of Third Space MarketFederal food assistance for nearly 170,000 Mainers is likely to halt next week due to the government shutdown. Some local businesses are stepping in to provide free food and supplies to fill the gap.
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As the controversial demolition of the east wing of the White House moves forward, members of Maine's congressional delegation are accusing the Trump Administration of overstepping long held boundaries and traditions when designing his new ballroom. -
The poll shows that 58% of likely Democratic primary voters favor Platner. Janet Mills, Maine's two-term governor, who was recruited by national party leaders, was polling at just 24%. None of the other candidates in the crowded field received more than 1%. -
For nearly two months, Graham Platner’s bid for the U.S. Senate was marked by momentum and bravado as the political newcomer drew big crowds to his town halls and he channeled Democratic voters’ hopes for a newer, brasher kind of candidate. During an interview in late September, he said, “I’ll just say, it’s been very surreal.” Reality has arrived over the past week. Now comes a test of Democratic primary voters' risk aversion. -
The Wabanaki Alliance has come out in opposition to Question 1 on November’s ballot, warning that the Wabanaki nations would be harmed by changes to absentee voting and its exclusion of tribal IDs as a valid form of voter identification. -
In late-September, 250 absentee ballots that were supposed to go to Ellsworth instead ended up in an Amazon box sent to a private home. Investigations into the incident are ongoing. -
Graham Platner, in an Associated Press interview, said that while his campaign initially said he would remove the tattoo, he chose to cover it up with another tattoo due to the limited options where he lives in rural Maine. -
State officials warn, funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is expected to run out of regular funding in the coming weeks due to the federal government shutdown. -
Platner says he didn't know about the Nazi affiliation when he got the tattoo as an 18-year-old rifleman in the Marines. -
Shah, who lives in Brunswick, was the public face of Maine's response to the COVID pandemic and also held the second-highest position at the U.S. CDC for two years until President Donald Trump regained office.
