Maine
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Business
In a Victory for Poland Spring, Maine Rejects New Groundwater Limits
Maine’s Legislature voted down a bill that would have limited large-scale pumping of groundwater in the state. Poland Spring, the bottled-water giant, had lobbied aggressively against the measure. The proposal would have placed a 10-year limit on ...
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Trump Appeals Decision Barring Him From Maine Primary Ballot
The move attempts to overturn the decision which made Maine the second state to rule the former president ineligible for the primary ballot.
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Two States Ruled Trump Off the Ballot. Will It Help or Hurt Him?
Some critics say the battles over the former president’s ballot status are turning him into a martyr and eroding faith in American elections.
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Trump’s Team Prepares to File Challenges on Ballot Decisions Soon
The cases in Colorado, Maine and other states are requiring former President Donald J. Trump to devote resources already spread thin across four criminal indictments.
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Maine Law ‘Required That I Act’ to Disqualify Trump, Secretary of State Says
Barring former President Donald J. Trump from the primary ballot was a hard but necessary call, Shenna Bellows said in an interview.
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In Maine, Questions Over Decision to Push Trump Off the Ballot
Some voters were alarmed at the state’s decision to disqualify former President Donald J. Trump. But others applauded it. “I like that Maine took a stand,” said one.
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Maine Joins Colorado in Finding Trump Ineligible for Primary Ballot
In a written decision, Maine’s secretary of state said that Donald J. Trump did not qualify for the ballot because of his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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Real Estate
She’s Still in Love With Her Little Island
Readers were impressed with the audacity of Charlotte Gale, a massage therapist from New Jersey, who bought a small island in Maine.
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Maine’s Secretary of State to Decide Whether Trump Can Stay on Ballot
Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, has said she would decide next week whether Maine will join Colorado in disqualifying former President Donald J. Trump from its primary ballot.
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After Shooting, Maine Senators in the Spotlight on Guns
The shooting in Lewiston that left 18 dead prompted the town’s conservative Democratic representative to embrace an assault weapons ban, but Senators Susan Collins and Angus King are still resisting.
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