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A Catholic Mayor Commissioned Statues of Saints. Residents Revolted.

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Jenna Russell
The mayor of Quincy, Mass., is being sued over 10-foot statues of two Catholic saints that he wants to install in front of a new public safety complex.
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Bobby Charles and Nirav Shah Lead as Maine Governor Runoffs Begin

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Jenna Russell
Election officials will confirm the winners of the Democratic and Republican primaries for governor after ranked-choice tabulations that could take a while.

© Rich Abrahamson/The Central Maine Morning Sentinel; Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press

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They Got Platner’s Endorsement for Maine Governor. What Did They Do With It?

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Jenna Russell
The crowded race for governor has barely qualified as background noise in recent months, drowned out by the high-stakes, turbulent campaign for U.S. Senate.

© Amanda Sabga/Reuters; Cliff Owen & Joel Page, via Associated Press

Democratic candidates Troy Jackson, a former president of the State Senate; Shenna Bellows, the secretary of state, and Hannah Pingree, a former speaker of the State House.
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Judge Tosses Citizenship Law Aimed at New Voters in New Hampshire

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Jenna Russell and Nick Corasaniti
The judge said the 2024 law “constitutes an unjustifiable burden on the right to vote,” and that new voters should be able to prove their citizenship with a sworn affidavit.

© Sophie Park for The New York Times

People cast their ballots in Lancaster, N.H., in 2024.
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Massachusetts Police Will Pause Recruit Training to Fix Academy’s Flaws

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Jenna Russell
State police officials say they need time to carry out recommendations made by an outside team after a trainee died in a police academy boxing match.

© Sophie Park for The New York Times

Gov. Maura Healey of Massachusetts requested the outside study into the state police.
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Former Congressman Barney Frank, Now in Hospice, Offers Democrats Frank Words of Advice

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Jenna Russell
Mr. Frank speaks about the missteps of the Democratic Party and his hope for its future. “Frankly, if I weren’t dying, people wouldn’t be paying as much attention.”

© Greg Miller for The New York Times

Former Representative Barney Frank in Ogunquit, Maine, in 2017. Mr. Frank, who has congestive heart failure, is speaking out on the future of the Democratic Party.
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A Democratic State Auditor Is Taking on Her Party, and Firing Up Voters

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Jenna Russell
Massachusetts voters approved a ballot measure in 2024 authorizing Diana DiZoglio, the state auditor, to closely scrutinize the State Legislature. A battle ensued.

© Sophie Park for The New York Times

Diana DiZoglio, a Democrat, has faced stiff resistance from lawmakers in her own party.
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Even Mainers Who Love Janet Mills Are Relieved to See Her Leave Race

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Jenna Russell and Kathleen Tomaselli
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.

© Sophie Park for The New York Times

Voters who had watched Gov. Janet Mills, right, a Democrat, struggle to gain traction in the race said they were largely unsurprised.
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Maine Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Have Paused New Data Centers

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Jenna Russell
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.

© Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

An aerial view of an Amazon Web Services data center in Ashburn, Va.
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The First Statewide Ban on Data Centers Is on the Verge of Becoming Law

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Jenna Russell
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.

© Mario Tama/Getty Images

A data center under construction in Vernon, Calif.
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Justice Dept. Scrutinizes Transgender Prisoner Housing in California and Maine

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Jenna Russell
The investigations are the latest moves by the Trump administration to force prisons to house transgender women with male inmates.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

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.
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In Maine, Many Older Women Prefer Graham Platner for Senate

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Jenna Russell
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.

© Brian Snyder/Reuters

A town hall meeting held by the Platner campaign in Ogunquit, Maine in October.
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Massachusetts Teacher Charged With Raping Two Students

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Jenna Russell
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.

© David Degner for The New York Times

Matthew Rutledge, who was indicted on three counts of rape on Tuesday, taught at Miss Hall’s school in Pittsfield, Mass.
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His Harvard Lab Was Thriving. Then Came the Cuts.

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Jenna Russell
Will Mair, who studies aging, lost almost all his research funds when the White House cracked down on Harvard. He was wholly unprepared for the upheaval that followed.

© Tony Luong for The New York Times

Will Mair is a Harvard University professor who studies aging.
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Rhode Island Priests Sexually Abused Hundreds of Children, Report Finds

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Jenna Russell
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.

© Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times

Peter F. Neronha, Rhode Island’s attorney general, at a news conference in December.
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Providence, R.I. Digs Out From Three Feet of Snow

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Jenna Russell and Tom Li
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.

© Mark Stockwell/Associated Press

Work crews shovel snow from the steps of the Rhode Island State Capitol on Tuesday in Providence, R.I.
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These New Englanders Won’t be Rooting for the Patriots in the Super Bowl

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Jenna Russell
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.

© Carmen Mandato/Getty Images; Scott Taetsch, via Getty Images; Mike Roemer, via Associated Press

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