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Bye-bye, birdie: Maine's chickadee makes way for state tree and North Star on new license plate

Feb. 26, 2024 16:19 PM EST

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Bye-bye birdie: Maine's chickadee is making way for other images on a new license plate unveiled Monday that gives homage to an old flag growing in popularity and reappearing on hats, tote bags and T-shirts. The plate features a tall green pine — the state...

Editorial Roundup: Minnesota

Feb. 07, 2024 07:15 AM EST

Minneapolis Star Tribune. February 2, 2024. Editorial: ‘Swatting’ is a sad sign of our times Incidents are bipartisan, dangerous and a waste of law enforcement resources. It’s tempting to view “swatting” — the deceitful practice of calling...

Maine must release voter rolls to conservative group, court says

Feb. 05, 2024 16:42 PM EST

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that Maine must release its voter list to a conservative-backed group that’s conducting independent audits, concluding that state restrictions on distributing the list violated the National Voter Registration Act. The...

Can Trump be on the ballot? It's the Supreme Court's biggest election test since Bush v. Gore

Feb. 03, 2024 12:46 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — A case with the potential to disrupt Donald Trump's drive to return to the White House is putting the Supreme Court uncomfortably at the center of the 2024 presidential campaign. In arguments Thursday, the justices will, for the first time, wrestle with a...

Maine's top court dismisses an appeal of a judge's decision on Trump's ballot status

Jan. 25, 2024 08:42 AM EST

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s top court has declined to weigh in on whether former President Donald Trump can stay on the state's ballot, keeping intact a judge's decision that the U.S. Supreme Court must first rule on a similar case in Colorado. Democratic Secretary of State...