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  1. early and often
    US-POLITICS-LITERATURE-MCCARTHY-CATHER
    Nebraska Republicans May Take the One Electoral Vote Biden Needs MostJoe Biden won a single electoral vote in Nebraska in 2020. The GOP could make that impossible in 2024, which could be crucial to the outcome.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. gun violence
    The Maine Shooter Allegedly Exhibited a String of Warning Signs“I believe he’s going to snap and do a mass shooting,” one of Robert Card’s fellow soldiers texted an Army Reserve officer in September.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  3. plastic
    Maine Makes U.S. Recycling Actually Work AgainA new law shifts the responsibility to producers after years of poor recycling rates due to China’s decision not to import plastic waste.
    By Matt Stieb
  4. 2022 midterms
    Why Primary Runoffs Will Matter in the 2022 MidtermsIn states without runoffs, Trump targets like Representative Liz Cheney may escape his wrath.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. election reform
    Alaska Voters Approve Two Major Election ReformsBallot Measure 2 gives Alaska a top-four nonpartisan primary system and (like Maine) ranked-choice voting. It could be good news for Lisa Murkowski.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. poll position
    New, Highly Credible Polls Offer Bad News For TrumpTrump is not doing well in states he really needs to win (like Arizona), and his troubles are dragging down Republican Senate candidates.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. 2020 elections
    Ranked-Choice Voting Would Prevent Minor-Party SpoilersSusan Collins might not like Maine’s new system come November, but it helps protect the freedom to choose minor parties and avoids the “spoiled” vote.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. health
    At least 175 COVID-19 Cases and 7 Deaths Linked to a Single Wedding ReceptionMany of those infected didn’t even attend the event, but contracted COVID-19 from a guest.
    By Hannah Gold
  9. vision 2020
    Mail Ballot Requests Are Sky High, and They’re Largely From DemocratsExpectations that mail ballot requests will spike are being fulfilled, along with a partisan tilt in voting methods and a maybe a contested election.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. 2020 elections
    Another Deep-Red State Votes to Expand MedicaidIn a fairly close vote, Missouri became the 38th state to sign on, even as Republicans try to cripple the Affordable Care Act.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. maine
    A Woman Was Killed by a Great White Shark While Swimming in MaineThe tragedy is the state’s first-ever fatal shark attack.
    By Amanda Arnold
  12. 2020 elections
    Susan Collins Wants to Debate Her Opponent 16 TimesIn one of the closest and most important Senate races, the Republican incumbent appears to be running scared.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. election reform
    Sometimes Slow Election Results Are Good for DemocracyWe have no birthright to instant election results, particularly when a slow count reflects greater access to the ballot.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. impeachment
    No Senator Is Less Popular in Their Own State Than Susan CollinsCollins has been losing ground with voters on both the left and right. Impeachment is going to make things worse.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. abortion rights
    Finally, Some Good News for Abortion RightsThe governor of Maine just signed a bill allowing nurse practitioners and others to perform abortions.
    By Sarah Jones
  16. vision 2020
    The States Trump Might Plausibly Aim to Flip in 2020There are no states that look like ripe fruit for Trump, though Minnesota, New Hampshire, Maine, Nevada, and maybe Virginia are possibilities.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. politics
    Former Maine Governor Defends Electoral College, Saying It Protects White PeopleIt’s widely understood that Republicans rely on the Electoral College to thwart democracy. But it’s unusual for one of them to admit a racial motive.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. the kavanaugh hearings
    Collins and Murkowski Face Political Repercussions at Home for Kavanaugh VotesCollins has guaranteed herself a tough reelection race in 2020, and Murkowski is already getting an intraparty threat from Sarah Palin.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. food crimes
    Alleged Lobster Embezzlement Is Most New England Crime EverA Maine man is accused of stealing over $1 million worth of seafood.
    By Nikita Richardson
  20. health care
    Top Maine Court Orders GOP Governor to Stop Ignoring Voters and Expand MedicaidMaine’s fiery right-wing governor has vowed to go to jail before allowing a Medicaid expansion. He may get his wish.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. niche drama
    The Maine Lobster Festival Sea Goddess Drama Has Escalated“It’s been pretty brutal … a so-called friend even said she was burning all of her lobster festival shirts.”
    By Gabriella Paiella
  22. niche drama
    Shame Cast Upon Maine Lobster Festival Sea Goddess“This is a terrible situation for everyone involved.”
    By Gabriella Paiella
  23. Last Resort: How Maine Democrats Can Save Roe v. WadeBeating on Senate Democrats to oppose Brett Kavanaugh would be divisive and wouldn’t matter anyway. Giving Susan Collins a free ride in 2020 would.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. Kavanaugh’s SCOTUS Confirmation Is in the GOP’s HandsThere are three Republican senators to watch. If they stay in line, nothing else matters.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. 8 Days After Primary, Maine Democrats Get Their Top NomineesFirst-place finishers in the Democratic primaries for governor and Congress won after “ranked-choice voting” implemented, but it took a while.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. Primaries Set Up Big General-Election BattlesFrom a wave of Democratic woman in Virginia to a shot at a GOP Senate seat in Nevada, the June 12 primaries set tables for a November banquet.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. GOP Could Get Even Trumpier in June 12 PrimariesThe primaries range from big gubernatorial fights in South Carolina and Nevada to open House races in Virginia to ranked-choice voting in Maine.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. Virginia Is Giving Obamacare a Huge — If Belated — WinDemocrats were able to wrangle a few GOP votes to expand Medicaid coverage to hundreds of thousands of needy Virginians.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. Trump Ends Obama’s Ban on Bear Baiting, Other Cruel Hunting Techniques in AlaskaDisputes between animal-rights supporters and trophy hunters are a reliable culture-war issue that Team Trump is happy to exploit.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. Maine’s Governor Defies the Law and Voters on Medicaid ExpansionRepublican Paul LePage plans to block a voter-sanctioned measure via stubborn defiance of the law.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. shortages
    A Lobster Shortage Is Causing Prices to SkyrocketBad weather and high demand have caused prices to double.
    By Clint Rainey
  32. summer travel
    16 Obscure-ish Islands for Mostly Middle-of-Nowhere VacationingSwim amid the mangrove trees in Thailand, scoot through coastal vineyards in Turkey — or do nothing at all.
  33. online reservations
    Maine Restaurant Announces It Will Only Take Reservations by MailProspective diners are encouraged to “write clearly and legibly.”
    By Clint Rainey
  34. Lamb Win Could Point to Democratic Resurgence in Lily-white DistrictsUnder the right circumstances, it looks like Democrats can again win in places where they don’t have their customary minority base.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. travel
    My Family Has Gone to This Secret Maine Beach Since the ’50sThe residents of Biddeford Pool don’t want you to know about their bucolic beach town.
    By Anna Strzempko
  36. travel
    My Family Has Gone to This Secret Maine Beach Since the ’50sThe residents of Biddeford Pool don’t want you to know about their bucolic beach town.
    By Anna Strzempko
  37. stoneman shooting
    GOP Candidate Says He’s Sorry for Calling Parkland Student a ‘Skinhead Lesbian’He also said the Parkland student doesn’t count as a “survivor.”
    By Amanda Arnold
  38. foodmojis
    Entire State of Maine Rejoices As Lobster Emoji Is Made OfficialIt was a hard-won battle.
    By Chris Crowley
  39. video feed
    Here’s the Actual Diner Ad That Kate McKinnon and Will Ferrell Parodied on SNLDysart’s chicken-potpie ad went viral in 2012 — and SNL revived it in 2018.
    By Clint Rainey
  40. Maine Governor Plans to Block Medicaid Expansion Despite Statewide VoteMainers voted to expand Medicaid, but Governor Paul LePage says he won’t do it unless his conditions are met.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  41. Senator Susan Collins Won’t Run for Governor of MaineThe four-term senator will remain in Washington, where she believes she can do the most good.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  42. i like this bitch’s life
    I Wish I Had a Clothesline Full of Linens in MaineI Like This Bitch’s Life: Nicholson Baker edition.
    By Jen Gann
  43. LePage Insists Medicaid Is ‘Welfare’With Maine voters having a chance to expand Medicaid over Paul LePage’s objections, he wants the ballot to call the venerable program “welfare.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. The Last of Summer, Shot on Film in Midcoast MaineMan Repeller’s photo editor Edith Young shoots her summer retreat.
    By Emily Sundberg
  45. minimum wage
    Maine’s Restaurant Workers Convinced the State to Lower Their WagesThey argued it would lower tips and cut into their take-home pay.
    By Clint Rainey
  46. Paul LePage Threatens to Run for SenateThe fiery Maine governor admits he might not be an effective senator, but is considering a run anyway, and might even appoint himself to a seat.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. Susan Collins Says She May Run for Governor of Maine in 2018If she does, New England’s most racist governor will get to appoint Maine’s next senator.
    By Eric Levitz
  48. Maine Governor Paul LePage’s Binder Full of Drug Dealers Exposes His Racist LieHe said 90 percent of Maine’s drug arrests were people of color. He was lying.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  49. climate change
    Maine’s Lobsters Could Be Extinct in 85 Years Because of Global WarmingResearchers say warming waters are already decimating the larvae.
    By Clint Rainey
  50. guns out
    Restaurant That Banned Owners of Semiautomatics Is Getting ‘Hostile’ ThreatsThere’s a “wariness among the staff” that didn’t exist before.
    By Clint Rainey
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