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Maine Morning Star is an independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan news site covering state policy and politics. It is an affiliate of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization.
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Maine Morning Star @mainemorningstar.com · Nov 13
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ACLU sues New Hampshire over its loitering law, arguing police use it to harass homeless people | via @NewHampshireBulletin.com mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/08/r...
ACLU sues New Hampshire over its loitering law, arguing police use it to harass homeless people • Maine Morning Star
The ACLU of New Hampshire is suing New Hampshire over the state’s four-decade-old loitering and prowling law, arguing it is unconstitutional and unfairly targets homeless people.
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Branding himself as a ‘disruptor,’ Republican Jonathan Bush launches bid for governor mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/08/b...
Branding himself as a ‘disruptor,’ Republican Jonathan Bush launches bid for governor • Maine Morning Star
Jonathan Bush, nephew of the late President George H.W. Bush, officially launched his campaign for Maine governor on Wednesday.
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Shutdown day eight: Congress standoff unchanged as first missed federal payday nears | via @StatesNewsroom.com mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/08/r...
Shutdown day eight: Congress standoff unchanged as first missed federal payday nears • Maine Morning Star
WASHINGTON — Congress has just one week to break the stalemate and fund the government before active duty military members miss their first paycheck of the shutdown.  That would be followed later in…
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ACLU sues New Hampshire over its loitering law, arguing police use it to harass homeless people | via @NewHampshireBulletin.com mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/08/r...
ACLU sues New Hampshire over its loitering law, arguing police use it to harass homeless people • Maine Morning Star
The ACLU of New Hampshire is suing New Hampshire over the state’s four-decade-old loitering and prowling law, arguing it is unconstitutional and unfairly targets homeless people.
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Former FBI Director Comey pleads not guilty to criminal charges demanded by Trump | via @StatesNewsroom.com mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/08/r...
Former FBI Director Comey pleads not guilty to criminal charges demanded by Trump • Maine Morning Star
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty to two felony charges Wednesday in federal court in Virginia, in response to an indictment that followed an extraordinary pressure…
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Editorial: What Maine advocates learned this year in the fight for trans rights mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/08/w...
What Maine advocates learned this year in the fight for trans rights • Maine Morning Star
Maine’s LGBTQ+ community defeated a slew of anti-transgender bills this past legislative session, but they aren’t ready to celebrate.
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Supreme Court justices skeptical of free speech limits in conversion therapy case | via @ColoradoNewsline.com mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/08/r...
Supreme Court justices skeptical of free speech limits in conversion therapy case • Maine Morning Star
Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court appeared skeptical of a Colorado law banning conversion therapy for minors based on the First Amendment.
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Trump deployment of troops to Democratic states targets Illinois | via @StatesNewsroom.com mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/07/r...
Trump deployment of troops to Democratic states targets Illinois • Maine Morning Star
A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday in Illinois over Chicago’s lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to the state before deciding whether to block…
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Commentary: Why we must fight attempts to undermine our freedom to read | via @aclumaine.bsky.social mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/07/w...
Why we must fight attempts to undermine our freedom to read • Maine Morning Star
In 1953, at the height of the McCarthyist red scare, the American Library Association and the Association of American Publishers issued a Freedom to Read Statement. The organizations expressed…
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Trump floats plan to deny back pay to furloughed federal workers after shutdown | via @jennifershutt.bsky.social @StatesNewsroom.com mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/07/r...
Trump floats plan to deny back pay to furloughed federal workers after shutdown • Maine Morning Star
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration may try to interpret a law enacted during his first term in office differently than it did following the last government shutdown, potentially denying back pay…
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Maine among states that recorded highest growth rates in prison populations | via Stateline
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Maine among states that recorded highest growth rates in prison populations • Maine Morning Star
The nation’s prison population grew for the second consecutive year in 2023, reversing more than a decade of steady decline.
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Conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ minors goes before the Supreme Court | via @Stateline.org mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/07/r...
Conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ minors goes before the Supreme Court • Maine Morning Star
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on Tuesday in a case that could reverse or solidify state laws across the country that ban conversion therapy, a controversial counseling…
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Maine high court to hear state argue against order to release defendants held without representation mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/07/m...
Maine high court to hear state argue against order to release defendants held without representation • Maine Morning Star
After a lower court ruled that the state had violated indigent criminal defendants’ constitutional rights by failing to provide them legal representation, Maine officials will argue before the Maine…
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Trump administration defends nationwide rapid deportations at appeals hearing | via @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social @StatesNewsroom.com mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/06/r...
Trump administration defends nationwide rapid deportations at appeals hearing • Maine Morning Star
WASHINGTON — Judges on a federal appeals court panel seemed skeptical that the Trump administration’s expanded use of a fast-track deportation procedure didn’t violate the due-process rights of…
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Trump troop deployment to Oregon, Illinois intensifies confrontation with Democratic-led states | via @StatesNewsroom.com mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/06/r...
Trump troop deployment to Oregon, Illinois intensifies confrontation with Democratic-led states • Maine Morning Star
WASHINGTON — The White House slammed a President Donald Trump-appointed federal judge Monday for blocking the deployment of National Guard troops to Oregon, as hostilities escalate between the…
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Amid ongoing investigation into found ballots, Sec. Bellows underscores Maine election security mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/06/a...
Amid ongoing investigation into found ballots, Sec. Bellows underscores Maine election security • Maine Morning Star
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said an incident where a woman reportedly found 250 Maine ballots is under investigation.
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Federal appeals court upholds NH court’s freeze of Trump birthright citizenship action | via @NewHampshireBulletin.com mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/06/r...
Federal appeals court upholds NH court’s freeze of Trump birthright citizenship action • Maine Morning Star
A federal appeals court in Boston upheld a New Hampshire judge’s move to block President Donald Trump from eliminating birthright citizenship Friday, ruling in favor of a New Hampshire Indonesian…
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Sen. Collins said Democrats’ health care demands will ‘prolong shutdown’ mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/06/s...
Sen. Collins said Democrats’ health care demands will ‘prolong shutdown’ • Maine Morning Star
At an event celebrating the renovation of the American Red Cross facility in Portland on Monday, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins criticized congressional Democrats over their refusal to support Republicans’…
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Federal judge bars Trump administration from sending any National Guard troops to Portland | via Oregon Capital Chronicle mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/06/r...
Federal judge bars Trump administration from sending any National Guard troops to Portland • Maine Morning Star
After Judge Karin Immergut's Saturday order the federal government sought to deploy first California and then Texas troops.
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State Auditor Dunlap launches bid to unseat Golden in Maine’s 2nd District mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/06/s...
State Auditor Dunlap launches bid to unseat Golden in Maine’s 2nd District • Maine Morning Star
Maine State Auditor Matt Dunlap on Monday officially announced his run as a Democrat for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, which will bring him head to head with incumbent U.S. Rep. Jared Golden in…
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Early, in-person voting starts today. Here’s what Mainers need to know. mainemorningstar.com/briefs/early...
Early, in-person voting starts today. Here’s what Mainers need to know. • Maine Morning Star
With the Nov. 4 election less than a month away, Maine voters can now vote absentee in person at their municipal clerk’s office. Some municipalities may have received ballots early and already…
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In Collins’ hometown, Platner brings his grassroots pitch to The County mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/06/i...
In Collins’ hometown, Platner brings his grassroots pitch to The County • Maine Morning Star
Graham Platner, the progressive, union-backed oysterman challenging longtime Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, has been making national headlines and turning out large crowds at town halls in…
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Trump administration sending California troops to Oregon after court loss, governors say | Via @OregonCapitalChronicle.com mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/05/r...
Trump administration sending California troops to Oregon after court loss, governors say • Maine Morning Star
Hours after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from mobilizing 200 Oregon National Guard troops in Portland, the federal government began sending California National Guard troops to…
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DOJ quietly awards latest funding to support funding for victims of violent crimes | via @RhodeIslandCurrent.com mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/03/d...
DOJ quietly awards latest funding to support funding for victims of violent crimes • Maine Morning Star
Amid lawsuits in Rhode Island federal court challenging the Trump administration’s attempt to tie victims’ compensation funds to its immigration agenda, more than $1.4 billion in federal grants for…
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Government shutdown primed to roll into next week after US Senate deadlocks again | via @jennifershutt.bsky.social @StatesNewsroom.com mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/03/r...
Government shutdown primed to roll into next week after US Senate deadlocks again • Maine Morning Star
WASHINGTON — An agreement to reopen the federal government was nowhere in sight Friday after U.S. Senate Democrats and Republicans failed Friday, for the fourth time, to move on a deal and House…
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