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(The Center Square) — New York is leading a coalition of Northeast states in suing the Trump administration to block agreements with two energy companies that would scrap several offshore wind projects, claiming taxpayer money is being used to pay off the companies.
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(The Center Square) — Outgoing Democratic Maine Rep. Jared Golden is bucking his party, once again, to support New York Republican Congressman Mike Lawler's reelection bid.
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(The Center Square) — Maine Congressman Jared Golden is defending his support for tougher sanctions against Russia after breaking with fellow Democrats to help approve the Republican-backed legislation.
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(The Center Square) — The world's “richest man” is pumping money into Maine's congressional races as part of broader efforts to keep control of Congress in Republican hands.
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(The Center Square) — Maine Sen. Susan Collins is urging the Trump administration to make a deal with Canada to end the trade war as she battles for reelection in a state hit hard by the president's latest round of tariffs targeting its northern neighbor.
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(The Center Square) — Vice President J.D. Vance touted a manufacturing "renaissance" Monday during a visit to a Maine factory, where he highlighted the Trump administration's economic policies and stumped for Republican candidates ahead of the high-stakes midterms.
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(The Center Square) - A Delaware-registered corporation has applied for a federal permit to study the development of an underwater AI data center campus in Alaska’s Cook Inlet, triggering pushback from blindsided state officials.DeepGreen Cook Inlet SPV LLC filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a preliminary permit to study a data center campus located 45 feet to 166 feet below the surface that would be naturally cooled by ocean water and powered by 350 turbines driven by the tides.In the application with federal regulators, DeepGreen stated the project is designed to tie in with the Alaska Energy Authority’s ongoing $400 million Cook Inlet PowerLink project, a 38-mile submarine transmission line planned between Nikiski and Beluga. If built, the company claims the subsea campus would serve as a primary renewable energy source and stabilizing force on the region’s electrical grid.Curtis Thayer, Chief Executive Officer of the Alaska Energy Authority, which is overseeing the Cook Inlet PowerLink project, told the Anchorage Daily News his organization had never been contacted by DeepGreen and he added the company’s regulatory filing had the facts "dead
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(The Center Square) — Planned Parenthood is pumping more than half a million dollars into Maine's pivotal U.S. Senate race in an effort to unseat incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins in the midterms.
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(The Center Square) – The typical American has to save for at least a decade to afford a home in their state, despite the federal government spending nearly half a trillion dollars on housing programs since 2015, a new report reveals.
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(The Center Square) — A group of congressional Democrats held a "shadow" hearing in Maine on Monday to take testimony from witnesses to the shooting death of a man by an ICE agent last month.
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(The Center Square) — Maine won't be going along with the Trump administration's newly issued federal recommendations on childhood vaccination regimens, Gov. Janet Mills said.
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(The Center Square) – U.S. House Democrats will be holding their second field hearing next week to address fatal shootings committed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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(The Center Square) — Maine Sen. Susan Collins says she plans to vote against Todd Blanche for Attorney General, becoming the first Republican to reject President Donald Trump's nomination.
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