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News and notes Mills will speak at an abortion-rights rally in Portland on Wednesday. — This is the national issue that Democrats are hoping to turn into voter enthusiasm on their side, particularly in culturally liberal states like Maine after the U.S. Supreme Court ended federal abortion rights last month. — The governor will be in Lincoln Park at 9:45 a.m. with officials from Planned Parenthood's political committee to outline actions "voters need to take" to shield abortion rights in Maine, according to a release from the group. — LePage, who is anti-abortion, has tried to downplay the issue. He told Maine Public on Monday that he would not try to reverse a 1993 law shielding abortion access, saying he was "certainly not involved in reversing it or even attempt to do anything against abortion." — But Maine social conservatives have at least been targeting abortion expansions under Mills if Republicans take power in the 2022 election. Maine's November legislative ballots are set. — In Monday's newsletter, I updated you on the state of replacement candidates, who are picked by local parties to replace those nominated in the June primaries with no intention of running in November. — There were only scant changes by a filing deadline of Monday at 5 p.m. Of the 36 primary nominees who dropped out, 27 were replaced in races across both legislative chambers. — Among the notable Monday entrants was Democrat J. Mark Worth, who will face Republican John Linnehan for an open Ellsworth-area House seat. Linnehan, a hard-right businessman, who has pushed the Agenda 21 conspiracy theory and repeated Trump's false claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. |
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What we're reading — The weekend's arrest of a 15-year-old boy in the killing of his 14-year-old girlfriend in Mount Vernon was the first time in a decade that a Maine child was charged with killing another. — Nearly half of millennials born in an eight-year timespan who were raised in Down East Maine had left by age 26, a national study released Monday found. — The midcoast.com email domain name was retired on Monday, severing one of Maine's few remaining links to the dial-up era. Here's your soundtrack. — Gas prices are falling slower in Maine and other northern New England states in part because of limited competition between stations. |
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A rendering shows a planned 50-unit apartment building for Mainers with disabilities at the The Downs complex in Scarborough. The nonprofit 3i Housing of Maine is a partner in the project, which is slated to open in 2024 pending approvals. (Courtesy of The Downs via CBS News 13) |
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