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Instead of expanding access to contraception, the focus of Title X will be “to strengthen family formation and assist clients in achieving healthy pregnancies,” according to the new guidance.

Trump changes pregnancy-prevention program to promote childbearing • Maine Morning Star A federal poverty-fighting program focused on reducing unintended pregnancies is about to undergo a major overhaul. Reproductive health clinics use Title X federal grant money to provide birth control, cancer screenings and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections to people with lit...

Dexter Bridges Jr. emerged as the winner of the race for Maine House of Representatives District 58 while state Rep. Chad Perkins clinched Senate District 4.

Two Republican legislative primaries settled with ranked-choice run-offs • Maine Morning Star Among the wave of results announced late Thursday are two Republican primaries for the Maine Legislature that were determined by ranked-choice tabulations after no candidate captured a majority of first-choice votes during last week’s election. Dexter Bridges Jr. emerged as the winner of the race ...

State Auditor Matt Dunlap has won the Democratic primary in Maine’s 2nd congressional district after three rounds of ranked choice tabulation, the Secretary of State’s Office announced just before 2 a.m. on Friday.

Matt Dunlap narrowly wins 2nd congressional district primary • Maine Morning Star State Auditor Matt Dunlap has won the Democratic primary in Maine’s 2nd congressional district after three rounds of ranked choice tabulation, the Secretary of State’s Office announced just before 2 a.m. on Friday. State Sen. Joe Baldacci (D-Penobscot) led in the first and second rounds, but ult...

Hannah Pingree was pronounced the Democratic nominee for governor, emerging victorious from a crowded field after the five-day ranked-choice voting tabulations concluded at roughly 1:45 a.m. Friday morning.

Pingree clinches Democratic nomination for governor after lengthy ranked-choice tally • Maine Morning Star Hannah Pingree was pronounced the Democratic nominee for governor, emerging victorious from a crowded field after the five-day ranked-choice voting tabulations concluded at roughly 1:45 a.m. Friday morning. Pingree will now face Republican Bobby Charles candidate and independent candidate Rick Benne...

Bobby Charles is the Republican nominee for governor in Maine.

Bobby Charles secures Republican nomination for governor • Maine Morning Star Bobby Charles is the Republican nominee for governor in Maine. The Department of the Secretary of State announced Charles, an attorney from Leeds and former federal government official, won the crowded race after concluding ranked-choice voting tabulations in Augusta after 1:30 a.m. Friday. Charles....

U.S. Senate Democrats introduced legislation on Thursday to require Congress to sign off on any deployment of federal troops to the polls, as President Donald Trump and his administration refuse to rule out the idea.

Trump couldn't send troops to the polls without approval of Congress under Dem bill • Maine Morning Star U.S. Senate Democrats introduced legislation on Thursday to require Congress to sign off on any deployment of federal troops to the polls, as President Donald Trump and his administration refuse to rule out the idea. Fears of troops or other federal agents at voting sites have long loomed over the a...

Todd Martin with the National Parks Conservation Association, said at Acadia signs had been removed from Cadillac Mountain, the Great Meadow, the Sieur de Monts Nature Center and Rockefeller Hall.

Trump administration ordered to restore signs on climate change, Wabanaki to Acadia National Park • Maine Morning Star A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore signs at national parks across the country, including signs on climate change and the Wabanaki Nations that were removed at Acadia National Park. Todd Martin with the National Parks Conservation Association, said at Acadia signs had bee...

Without specifying a date, Vance said he expects to brief Congress but is “quite confident” the administration does not need congressional approval on terms of the deal that will lift sanctions on Iran, despite the claims of some U.S. senators.

60-day clock starts for negotiations with Iran over strait, nuclear future • Maine Morning Star Final peace negotiations between the United States and Iran officially began Thursday, Vice President JD Vance said at a late morning press conference in Washington, starting a 60-day countdown for the Islamic Republic to safely open the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. to lift a blockade on Iranian oil,....

"I believe that the environment that we create at the Maine Correctional Center for all residents… is a very safe environment,” DOC Commissioner Randall Liberty told lawmakers. “This particular complaint is an anomaly, and the facts of the matter of this case will be determined in court.”

Corrections department defends transgender inmate policy in response to lawmakers’ concerns • Maine Morning Star Maine’s law that allows transgender inmates to be housed in facilities aligning with their gender identity was the subject of a legislative oversight meeting on Wednesday. Despite a lawsuit alleging otherwise, Department of Corrections Commissioner Randall Liberty told members of the Government Ov...

Plans for a data center at the former paper mill in Jay are on hold after the data center company pulled out of the project — just two months after Gov. Janet Mills cited the project as her reason for vetoing a statewide data center moratorium.

Jay data center on hold indefinitely as company backs out, despite veto of statewide ban • Maine Morning Star Plans for a data center at the former paper mill in Jay are on hold after the data center company pulled out of the project — just two months after Gov. Janet Mills cited the project as her reason for vetoing a statewide data center moratorium. Town officials posted on Facebook that the company th...