Tag Archives: Susan Collins

Interior Secretary Zinke denies threatening senators over Obamacare repeal defection

Your morning briefing for Monday, July 31, 2017: Police chiefs blast President Trump for endorsing ‘police brutality,’ Old Orchard Beach residents complain tourists are pooping all over the place, and Susan Collins ‘troubled’ by Trump’s threat to eliminate health insurance subsidies

Kid Rock may run for US Senate, says voter registration ‘critical cause’

Your morning briefing for Thursday, July 27, 2017: LePage orders review of forestry tax break program that once benefited Poliquin, outdoor recreation credited with $8.2 billion annual impact on Maine’s economy, and Pingree calls Trump ban on transgender people in military is ‘bigoted and wrong’

In dramatic video, fishing boat captain braves frigid seas to save nearly lifeless crewman

Your morning briefing for Wednesday, July 26, 2017: Collins says Trump made no effort to reach her over health care bill, summer brings billionaires’ yachts to MDI, and Senate votes to begin debate on Obamacare repeal bill

Millennials are turning to Harry Potter for meaning. That is a mistake.

Your morning briefing for Tuesday, July 25, 2017: Alaska town’s unofficial cat mayor dies at 20, Maine lobstermen worry Trump could ruin access to Asian markets, and ollins responds to Texas congressman’s ‘duel’ comment

Jeff Sessions wants Congress to let him prosecute medical marijuana providers

Your morning briefing for Tuesday, June 13, 2017: Trump weighing firing special counsel in Russian probe, close friend says; Bill Cosby case heads to the jury, and an epic battle nears resolution; and more evidence that Mainers can’t handle the heat

Susan Collins says Trump should turn over Comey tapes — if they exist

Your morning briefing for Monday, June 12, 2017: Susan Collins says Trump should turn over Comey tapes, midcoast lobster pound co-op sees a promising future in aquaculture, and a new program teaches female inmates to tell their own stories

This man sang hits from the ’80s as doctors cut out his brain tumor

Your morning briefing for Tuesday, June 6, 2017: This man sang hits from the ’80s as doctors cut out his brain tumor, Mary Mayhew launches campaign to replace LePage in 2018, and a future president could undo Trump’s pullout from the Paris accord in 30 days

Your sense of smell is more powerful than you might think

Your morning briefing for Friday, May 12, 2017: Your sense of smell is more powerful than you might think, hepatitis C cases in Maine spiking amid opioid crisis, Maine Democrat to take part in Trump’s voter fraud probe

Trump’s anger over Russia probe prompted him to fire FBI director

Your morning briefing for Thursday, May 11, 2017: LePage won’t oppose Angus King for U.S. Senate in 2018, FBI chief aimed to expand Russia probe before Trump fired him, brawl on a jet ended with a dogpile on a flight attendant