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Even Mainers Who Love Janet Mills Are Relieved to See Her Leave Race

Voters who watched Gov. Janet Mills struggle to gain traction in the Democratic Senate primary said they were unsurprised — and in many cases, ready — to see her exit.

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Voters who had watched Gov. Janet Mills, right, a Democrat, struggle to gain traction in the race said they were largely unsurprised.

Maine Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Have Paused New Data Centers

24. April 2026 um 20:45
Gov. Janet Mills said she rejected what would have been the nation’s first moratorium on data centers because it failed to exempt a project in a distressed mill town.

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An aerial view of an Amazon Web Services data center in Ashburn, Va.

The First Statewide Ban on Data Centers Is on the Verge of Becoming Law

16. April 2026 um 18:56
The Maine Legislature approved an 18-month moratorium, but Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat running for Senate, has yet to say whether she will sign it.

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A data center under construction in Vernon, Calif.

Justice Dept. Scrutinizes Transgender Prisoner Housing in California and Maine

27. März 2026 um 17:49
The investigations are the latest moves by the Trump administration to force prisons to house transgender women with male inmates.

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The federal government blocked some grant funding to Maine prisons last year, a move that Attorney General Pam Bondi has said was made in response to the state’s transgender housing policy.

In Maine, Many Older Women Prefer Graham Platner for Senate

27. März 2026 um 15:24
Women in their 60s and beyond will likely play a key role in choosing which Democrat will face Senator Susan Collins: Mr. Platner, 41, or Gov. Janet Mills, 78.

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A town hall meeting held by the Platner campaign in Ogunquit, Maine in October.

Massachusetts Teacher Charged With Raping Two Students

25. März 2026 um 03:01
The students say the former teacher at Miss Hall’s, a boarding school, groomed them and began having sex with them at age 16, which state law considers old enough for consent.

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Matthew Rutledge, who was indicted on three counts of rape on Tuesday, taught at Miss Hall’s school in Pittsfield, Mass.

Rhode Island Priests Sexually Abused Hundreds of Children, Report Finds

04. März 2026 um 18:46
The report from the state’s attorney general, covering 75 years, faulted the Diocese of Providence for not removing accused priests and not contacting the police enough.

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Peter F. Neronha, Rhode Island’s attorney general, at a news conference in December.

Providence, R.I. Digs Out From Three Feet of Snow

24. Februar 2026 um 20:23
A day after the city got a record-breaking amount of snow, some residents clung to the magic. Others were gearing up for endless shoveling.

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Work crews shovel snow from the steps of the Rhode Island State Capitol on Tuesday in Providence, R.I.

These New Englanders Won’t be Rooting for the Patriots in the Super Bowl

06. Februar 2026 um 18:40
When the New England Patriots take the field on Sunday, a collective sigh will rise from the willful few who live in the region but root for other teams.

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Collins Took Credit for ICE Leaving Maine. Her Democratic Opponents Pounced.

29. Januar 2026 um 23:59
Political maneuvering by the Democrats hoping to unseat Senator Susan Collins shifted into high gear with the news that ICE had ended its surge there.

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Demonstrators gathered in Lewiston, Maine, on Saturday to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s presence in the state.

ICE Ends Operation in Maine After Arresting 206 Over Five Days

29. Januar 2026 um 16:26
Senator Susan Collins said the Trump administration had informed her that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had ended its stepped-up enforcement in the state.

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Demonstrators gathered in Lewiston, Maine, on Saturday to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s presence in the state.

Maine’s Immigrant Students Stay Home as ICE Operation Ramps Up

27. Januar 2026 um 10:02
When a class in Portland went out for recess on Thursday, their teacher recalled, some of the 6-year-old students anxiously asked, “What about the ICE people?”

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Educators from South Portland Middle School participate in a neighborhood watch at a bus stop in South Portland on Friday.

Portland, Maine, Feels Like a Small Town — And ICE Isn’t Welcome

23. Januar 2026 um 12:08
The influx of federal agents this week has been hard for locals to ignore. Many are expressing their resistance to the immigration crackdown.

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The federal immigration offensive began in Maine this week, the latest in a series of similar campaigns in cities across the country.

Ella Cook, Brown University Shooting Victim, Is Mourned at Funeral in Alabama

22. Dezember 2025 um 22:03
At a funeral in Alabama, the Brown University student was mourned as a gifted musician and protective sister who was committed to her faith.

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Ella Cook was one of two students killed in a shooting this month at Brown University.

Brown University Students Were Prepping for an Exam. Then, a Gunman at the Classroom Door.

For the students in the Brown University review session, concerns about grades and questions about economic concepts would be forgotten in an instant.

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A memorial to the victims of the shooting at Brown University in Providence, R.I.

Ella Cook, Victim of Shooting at Brown University, Is Remembered as ‘a Bright Light’

15. Dezember 2025 um 17:50
Ella Cook, a 19-year-old sophomore from Mountain Brook, Ala., was a gifted pianist and spoke fluent French, a classmate said.

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Flowers outside the Barus and Holley Building on the Brown University campus in Providence, R.I., on Sunday.

A Brown University Instructor Hid From Gunfire With His Students

Joseph Oduro, 21, said he was leading an economics study session for about 60 students when a masked man entered the room and started shooting.

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F.B.I. agents enter the Barus and Holley building, the site of a shooting at Brown University on Saturday.
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