Maine
aimintang/Getty Images (AUGUSTA, Maine) — Democratic leaders in Maine are threatening to eliminate the state’s split-vote system for allocating Electoral College delegates if Nebraska Republicans move forward with their plan to do the same. The two states are the only ones in the country to allocate some delegates proportionally by congressional district, which in 2020 […]
Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Robert Card, the man who killed 18 in the Lewiston, Maine mass shooting last year, “likely” suffered from traumatic brain injury, according to a report by doctors who studied his brain, and released by Card’s family. The Maine Chief Medical Examiner’s office had requested the post-mortem study of Card’s brain […]
ilbusca/Getty Images (AUGUSTA, Maine) — Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows on Friday asked the state’s highest appeals court to consider her decision to bar former President Donald Trump off of Maine’s GOP primary ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment — before the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the Colorado 14th Amendment case […]
SimpleImages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Maine’s top trial court has deferred a ruling on whether to uphold or overturn the Maine secretary of state’s decision that former President Donald Trump is disqualified from appearing on the 2024 primary ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, also known as the “insurrection clause.” Justice Michaela Murphy in […]
Jason Marz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has ruled that former President Donald Trump is ineligible to appear on the state’s 2024 Republican primary ballot. Bellows, a Democrat, issued her decision on three challenges brought by Maine voters, including three politicians, over the nomination petition of Trump for the GOP primary. […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (LEWISTON, Maine) — An independent commission will investigate last month’s mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, that left 18 people dead and 13 others wounded, the state’s governor and attorney general announced Thursday. Gov. Janet Mills and Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey said in a joint statement that the seven-member commission will have […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (LEWISTON, Maine) — Maine State Police said they’re focused on keeping the public safe after an Androscoggin County Sheriff’s deputy reportedly criticized their response to last week’s shooting in Lewiston. “This deputy has the luxury of his opinion,” Maine State Police Col. William Ross said in a statement. “But as a Command […]
ewiston Maine Police Department (NEW YORK) — Before last week’s mass shooting in Maine that left 18 dead and 13 wounded, the U.S. Army says suspect Robert Card’s commander was told he should not have access to an Army-issued weapon, and that it asked the local sheriff’s office to perform a welfare check. In a […]
JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images (LEWISTON, MAINE) — At least 18 people were killed, and 13 others were injured in a mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday evening, officials said. The suspect, Robert Card, is still at large. The shooting unfolded in two locations: a bowling alley where a children’s league was taking place […]
JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images (LEWISTON, MAINE) — At least 18 people were killed in a mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday evening, Maine Gov. Janet Mills said. Thirteen others are injured. The suspect, Robert Card, is still at large. The shooting unfolded in two locations: a bowling alley where a children’s league was […]