US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about reproductive rights at a campaign event at the Cobb Energy Center in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 20, 2024. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Three former chairs of the Maine Republican Party “enthusiastically endorsed” Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris for president over GOP nominee and former President … Read more
Maine state Rep. Austin Theriault, a Republican running for a critical U.S. House seat as a champion of the Second Amendment, called his local sheriff’s office after passing a man wielding what looked like an AR-15 rifle while going into his home. In a bid to unseat Democratic Rep. Jared Golden that could decide control … Read more
Rep. Jared Golden of Maine, one of the U.S. House’s most vulnerable Democrats, is blasting his Republican challenger, state Rep. Austin Theriault, for failing to stand up for abortion rights in Maine’s state House. Theriault, a former race car driver from Fort Kent, told the Bangor Daily News in 2022 that he would not act … Read more
In this mobile world, we have more choices than ever about where to live. Companies in search of skilled workers know this, especially when there are far more open positions than there are workers available to fill them. That is why they consider quality of life when deciding where to locate. CNBC’s annual ranking of … Read more
Not since the New Deal has the U.S. government poured this kind of money into rebuilding America’s infrastructure. Companies and states are clamoring for their piece of that federal jackpot. That helps explain why infrastructure is the major topic of conversation in economic development circles this year, and why it also looms large in CNBC’s … Read more
One of the leaders of a group of moderate and conservative House Democrats added to President Joe Biden’s political woes on Tuesday, saying in an op-ed that he wasn’t buying the idea a second Donald Trump term would be a “unique threat” to American democracy. “I reject the premise. Unlike Biden and many others, I … Read more
A monster truck took down a power line during a jump at a show in Maine last Saturday. The lobster-themed truck called Crushstation pulled down multiple utility poles and sent a transformer crashing to the ground near a grandstand, the AP reports. Two people were sent to the hospital, but the incident could have been … Read more
Love them or hate them, Tesla Cybertrucks garner a whole lot of attention, and apparently, one guy who bought his stainless steel behemoth didn’t realize that. A Cybertruck owner in Portland, Maine – one of the more liberal and chill cities in America – has been bombarded with reactions (both good and bad) to his … Read more
Two Republican lawmakers in Maine were censured on Thursday after the pair said the state’s deadliest mass shooting was linked to God’s anger with a bill that expanded access to abortion. Republican state Rep. Michael Lemelin spoke Wednesday about a proposal for a new “shield bill” that would protect out-of-state patients who seek abortion or … Read more
A growing number of states across the country are reporting that they have received bomb threats to their Capitols on Wednesday morning ― just days after the Maine secretary of state expressed concern about her safety. As of Wednesday afternoon, the states that have reported receiving bomb threats include Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi … Read more
