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What we're reading
— On a new post-Roe frontier, officials at all levels of Maine government are looking at ways to limit participation in any criminal investigations of abortion that make their way from conservative states to Maine. The new set of policies could come at the state level, from prosecutors and liberal cities and towns.
— Big-campaign tactics have come to small-town votes on broadband expansion. A group aligned with the parent company of Spectrum has paid for mailers and digital ads ahead of referendums in Readfield and Southport, with a loophole in campaign finance law obscuring total spending.
— Piscataquis County, the poorest one in Maine, is looking for ways to become less isolated through better transit ties to the Bangor area.
— Maine is among the least affordable states for housing in the Northeast. Read our ongoing coverage of housing and real estate. |
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News and notes
— Poliquin and Scalise will meet the press around noon in downtown Bangor ahead of a fundraiser at Seasons Restaurant, with tickets running from a minimum of $25 for a rally and reception only to $1,000 for a seated lunch with the two Republicans.
— Former Gov. Paul LePage also has a public appearance today in Windham, where he will be endorsed for the third straight cycle by the Associated Builders and Contractors of Maine at 10 a.m.
— Maine's major parties showed their tactics after Friday's overturning of Roe v. Wade, with Democrats running stark ads painting the November election as one over the future of abortion rights. Republicans pivoted back to linking Gov. Janet Mills with the unpopular President Joe Biden. |
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| Amber Cornish stares down her opponent during a Superhero Lady Armwrestlers of Portland event at Geno's Rock Club on Saturday. (BDN photo by Troy R. Bennett) |
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| 📷 Lead photo: Former U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin of Maine's 2nd District talks with reporters at Dysart's on Broadway in Bangor during a campaign stop on May 18, 2022. (BDN photo by Linda Coan O'Kresik) |
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