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What we're reading — A conservative activist suing Hermon schools is being represented by a lawyer once barred by a judge from representing Alex Jones after the conspiracist was sued for calling a Connecticut school shooting a hoax. — Long-aging Maine was the only state to get younger between 2020 and 2021 due to a wave of migration. — Tight budgets and runaway prices marked Maine's housing market over the first half of 2022. Read our coverage of real estate and housing. — In a strange case filed in federal court, a Maine dog breeder has sued a New Hampshire man for spaying a golden retriever with a champion pedigree in violation of a contract to breed her. Here's your soundtrack. |
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News and notes FiveThirtyEight released initial modeling on Thursday for gubernatorial and congressional races. — Mills has a 75 percent chance of beating LePage. (That's only a slightly better bet than Hillary Clinton at the end of the 2016 presidential campaign. She won, right?) — Former Rep. Bruce Poliquin. a Republican, was only narrowly favored at a 52 percent bet in a toss-up race in the 2nd District with Democratic Rep. Jared Golden, with national factors going up against Golden's early polling lead. — Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree of the 1st District is expected to cruise to an eighth term. Maine's senators did not change course after President Joe Biden called on the Senate to ditch the filibuster to pass abortion-rights protections Thursday. Neither Susan Collins nor Angus King have supported doing so yet. — On Thursday, Collins called it "exactly the wrong approach" and highlighted a bid she is leading to codify protections that does not seem to have enough support among her fellow Republicans to pass. — King's office did not directly answer a question on whether his thinking has changed, but the independent who caucuses with Democrats has called Collins' bid "a tall order" that could find more post-ruling support. An election denier is coming to Maine and backing a Republican legislative candidate. — Former Army intelligence officer Seth Keshel, who falsely claims that President Joe Biden's 2020 election victory was illegitimate and touts a plan that would require all Americans to re-register to vote, was named as one of four leaders of the "election denial movement" in an NPR story on Thursday. — This week, he endorsed Reagan Paul, the 23-year-old Republican nominee for an open Maine House seat in the Winterport area. Rep. Scott Cuddy, D-Winterport, is not running for a third term, leaving Winterport Town Councilor Margaret English-Flanagan as the Democratic nominee. — In the post noting Keshel's endorsement of Paul, he says Paul supports his plan for elections and she notes "election integrity issues" in Maine. (We have shot down past claims others have cited in arguments for an election "audit" here.) Keshel is speaking in Ellsworth on July 15. |
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Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale leaves the Portland Sea Dogs dugout after pitching four innings in a rehab start on Thursday night at Hadlock Field. Sale allowed one run on four hits. (BDN photo by Troy R. Bennett) |
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đź“· Lead photo: At least 1,000 people protested on the steps of Portland City Hall on June 24, 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. (BDN photo by Troy R. Bennett) |
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