Letter: Rick Bennett can help Maine move beyond flawed two-party system

Alaska sends 3,000 letters asking voters to verify their citizenship ahead of this year's elections

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The state has sent more than 3,000 letters to Alaska voters asking them to verify their citizenship ahead of the Aug. 18 primary, a number a top state elections official said is unusually high. The letters have raised concerns among some state lawmakers, including one who said some constituents who received […]

Liberal Justice Elena Kagan says the Supreme Court is not a rubber stamp for Trump

BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court may be deeply conservative, but it is not simply a rubber stamp for President Donald Trump, Justice Elena Kagan said Thursday. Kagan, one of the court’s three liberal justices, told an audience of lawyers and judges from the 9th U.S. Circuit in Bellevue, Washington, that at significant […]

Ten Bucks’ thoughtful, provocative ‘Julius Caesar’ marred by new location in Brewer park

This is the first time Ten Bucks has used the new performance space the City of Brewer installed at the park. Previously, the stage was nestled in trees near the Penobscot River.

Giant metal roosters spread autism acceptance in Maine after town zoning spat

OGUNQUIT, Maine (AP) — Giant metal roosters are popping up on lawns in and around a coastal Maine community and as far away as New Zealand in support of a 6-year-old autistic girl and her love of the colorful creations. David and Sara LeBlanc had a rotating display of the roughly 6-foot-tall (1.8-meter-tall) ornaments decorating […]

Health Services Foundation to move out of Houlton hospital

The hospital has ended a longstanding space lease agreement with the foundation because they need room to house a long list of expanded services.