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Beacon is a news site by the Maine People’s Alliance. We shine a light on the experiences of everyday Mainers, educate readers on the impact of public policy and promote a progressive vision rooted in community, fairness and investing in our shared future.

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Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

During Thursday’s debate, Paul LePage rejected Medicaid expansion, pitched deportations as housing relief and opposed new limits on ICE. Matt Dunlap backed expanding health coverage, investing in housing and stronger congressional oversight. Read more below!

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LePage rejects Medicaid expansion, pitches deportations as housing relief in debate with Dunlap - Maine Beacon

Former Gov. Paul LePage rejected expanding Medicaid even if it would help more Mainers get health insurance, proposed deportations as a response to Maine’s housing shortage and dismissed congressional...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Paul LePage is running for office in Maine again. So we’re revisiting our 2022 podcast series examining his record as governor. For our fourth and final episode: how LePage stood in the way of climate action, fought renewable energy and sided with the fossil fuel industry. Listen now!

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Podcast Special: Burning it Down — LePage and the Climate - Maine Beacon

Paul LePage is running for office in Maine again. So we’re revisiting our 2022 podcast series examining his record as governor — and the impacts his policies still have today. For our fourth and final...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

New MaineCare work reporting requirements could cause roughly 29,000 Mainers to lose health coverage, with rural communities hit hardest. MECEP policy analyst James Myall breaks down where Mainers are most at risk of losing coverage and why.

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Upcoming MaineCare cuts will hit rural Maine hardest - Maine Beacon

Beginning in January, tens of thousands of Mainers enrolled in MaineCare will face new work reporting requirements to keep their health care coverage. The new administrative burdens are the result of ...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

As Paul LePage campaigns for Congress, Maine patients and providers are pointing to his record as governor, when he repeatedly refused to expand Medicaid, cut MaineCare eligibility and reduced programs that helped older and disabled Mainers afford medications.

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‘Paul LePage does not care’: Mainers call out health care cuts - Maine Beacon

Maine patients and providers joined advocates Wednesday in Bangor to highlight former governor and Republican 2nd Congressional District candidate Paul LePage’s history on health care. “We've heard th...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Medical professionals and community leaders are organizing against Lewiston’s Question 1, warning that new restrictions on the city’s syringe service program could create barriers to overdose prevention and addiction treatment.

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Lewiston voters urged to protect ‘critical’ syringe exchange program at the ballot box - Maine Beacon

A coalition of medical professionals, service providers and community leaders launched a campaign Wednesday opposing a Lewiston ballot measure that would place new restrictions on the city’s syringe s...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Childcare in Maine can cost more than in-state college tuition, leaving parents struggling to afford care or find an available spot. So what would the state's next governor do about it? Read what each candidate said by clicking the story below!

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How Maine’s candidates for governor plan to tackle the childcare crisis - Maine Beacon

It’s no secret that Maine parents are struggling to afford childcare — or even find it at all. Childcare for one child costs substantially more than in-state college tuition in Maine — about $11,000-$...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When ICE targeted a member of Paul LePage’s family, the former Maine governor called the deportation unjust. Yet, LePage has shown little concern for the hundreds of other Maine families impacted by the immigration policies he has long supported, writes Opinion columnist @strim.bsky.social.

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Strimling: LePage’s family swept into the ICE raids. I do not feel his pain. - Maine Beacon

The irony of former Gov. Paul LePage’s outrage that a member of his family was swept up in an ICE raid would be laughable, were it not for the similar tragic consequences hundreds of Maine families ar...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Maine veterans are demanding answers from Sen. Susan Collins after a federal investigation into alleged corruption involving the senator and a major campaign donor was shut down under the Trump administration.

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Maine veterans demand answers from Collins over defense contractor campaign donation - Maine Beacon

Maine veterans gathered in Bangor on Monday to demand answers from Sen. Susan Collins following revelations that federal investigators had been investigating allegations of a pay-to-play arrangement i...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Paul LePage is running for office in Maine again. So we’re revisiting our 2022 podcast series examining his record as governor. Third in the series: how LePage’s racist rhetoric and policies harmed immigrants and people of color while dividing Mainers along racial lines. Listen now!

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Podcast Special: Divide and Conquer — LePage and Race - Maine Beacon

Paul LePage is running for office in Maine again. So we’re revisiting our 2022 podcast series examining his record as governor — and the impacts his policies still have today. Third in the series: how...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Maine Democrats and former state officials gathered outside Sen. Susan Collins’ Portland office Wednesday following revelations that the FBI had been investigating an alleged pay-to-play arrangement involving Collins and a major donor before the inquiry ended under Donald Trump.

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Maine Democrats demand answers, while Collins uses corruption allegations to raise money - Maine Beacon

Maine Democrats and former state officials are among those calling for answers about new corruption allegations against Sen. Susan Collins, and why the Trump administration shut them down. ProPublica ...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

ProPublica is pushing back on Susan Collins’ claim that the FBI cleared her years ago, reporting that agents were still examining allegations involving Collins, her staff and a pro-Collins super PAC into early 2025 — until the investigation ended under Trump.

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ProPublica debunks Susan Collins’ claims about FBI anti-corruption probe - Maine Beacon

This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive their biggest stories as soon as they’re published. As the s...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Susan Collins’ vote to confirm another Trump-nominated judge with an anti-abortion record is adding to advocates’ criticism of her record on reproductive rights, despite Collins’ longtime claims that she supports abortion rights.

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Collins has ‘lost moral compass’ on abortion, advocates say, while Jackson protects reproductive care - Maine Beacon

After Sen. Susan Collins’ vote to confirm Matthew Byrne to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio this past week, advocates are contrasting her actions on abortion rights with her c...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Paul LePage is blaming Medicaid expansion for financial struggles at rural hospitals as he campaigns for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, despite evidence and health care professionals who say the program has helped rural hospitals and expanded access to care.

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LePage renews false attacks on Medicaid expansion as rural hospitals face federal cuts - Maine Beacon

Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage is again criticizing Medicaid expansion as he campaigns for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, despite ample evidence that the program has helped rural hospitals and inc...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Fifteen nurses at Central Maine Medical Center have been fired and another five suspended just days before nurses are scheduled to vote on forming a union.

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Prime Healthcare fires, suspends 20 CMMC nurses ahead of union election - Maine Beacon

When Prime Healthcare took over Central Maine Medical Center in February, registered nurse Katie Grinnell was hopeful the new ownership would bring more resources to the Lewiston hospital. Instead, sh...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Nearly half of Maine households have taken on medical debt in the past two years, as rising costs continue to force people to delay care or make difficult financial choices. Mainers will have a chance to tell state officials about those experiences at a public hearing this week.

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Maine’s Office of Affordable Health Care seeks public input - Maine Beacon

Mainers are encouraged to attend the Office of Affordable Health Care’s annual public hearing this week to share their experiences of navigating today’s healthcare system.Surveys show nearly half of M...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Shenna Bellows was honored with a “People. Power. Progress.” award for her years of work on elections, civil liberties and progressive causes. The recognition came the same week the Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to change Postal Service rules for mailed ballots.

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Bellows honored for career of ‘doing the right thing,’ as she works to protect mail-in voting - Maine Beacon

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows received a "People. Power. Progress." award from Maine's largest community action organization on Thursday, honoring her long history of working to protect demo...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Paul LePage is running for office in Maine again. So we’re revisiting our 2022 podcast series examining his record as governor — and the impacts his policies still have today. Second in the series: how LePage’s business-first approach reshaped Maine’s economy and hurt workers. Listen now!

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Podcast Special: Run it Like a Business — LePage and the Economy - Maine Beacon

Paul LePage is running for office in Maine again. So we’re revisiting our 2022 podcast series examining his record as governor — and the impacts his policies still have today. Second in the series: ho...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Lewiston mobile home residents are asking City Councilor Bret Martel to recuse himself from the rent stabilization debate after his campaign received more than $2,000 from entities tied to mobile home park owner BoaVida. Martel has repeatedly opposed limits on lot rent increases.

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Residents seek Councilor Bret Martel’s recusal from Lewiston rent stabilization debate, citing campaign donations from mobile home park ownership - Maine Beacon

Lewiston mobile home park residents are calling on City Councilor Bret Martel to recuse himself from decisions over a proposed rent stabilization ordinance after his state House campaign reported rece...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Today, Sept. 15 marks National Voter Registration Day, and Maine election officials are reminding residents that it’s not too late to register ahead of the Nov. 3 general election.

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Mainers can register to vote through Election Day - Maine Beacon

Today, Sept. 15 marks National Voter Registration Day, and Maine election officials are reminding residents that it’s not too late to register ahead of the Nov. 3 general election. Maine allows eligib...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Bobby Charles embraced Trump during the Republican primary. Now he’s trying to put some distance between himself and MAGA, but leaked audio about bringing ICE to Maine polling places tells a different story, writes Opinion columnist @strim.bsky.social. Read Ethan's full piece now!

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Strimling: The shape-shifting of Bobby Charles - Maine Beacon

Well, we knew the shape shift was coming. The highly-paid lobbyist Bobby Charles won the Republican primary for governor by portraying himself as the most Trumpy of the Trumpy MAGAs running. But gener...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A longtime hospital industry lobbyist is in Collins' campaign ad praising her health care record, even as Mainers struggle. Andy O’Brien writes that the endorsement reflects Collins’ decades-long relationship with powerful health care interests that have fought against efforts to lower costs.

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Hospital lobbyist thanks Collins while Mainers pay the price for expensive health care - Maine Beacon

Sen. Susan Collins released a new ad in late August featuring a wealthy former hospital lobbyist praising her record on health care. It’s really not surprising he’s endorsing her — because so much of ...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Anita Charles, the sister of Republican gubernatorial nominee Bobby Charles, publicly opposed her brother’s campaign Wednesday, criticizing his positions on abortion and education and saying his rhetoric has pushed her to support Democrat Hannah Pingree in November.

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‘I can no longer remain silent’: Bobby Charles’ sister speaks out against his campaign - Maine Beacon

Anita Charles, the sister of Republican gubernatorial nominee Bobby Charles, publicly came out against her brother’s campaign Wednesday morning, saying his rhetoric, education proposals and opposition...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Maine’s Democratic candidates spent Labor Day with union members and organizers in Portland and Brewer, talking about how to make life more affordable for Mainers and push back against the Trump administration.

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Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Paul LePage is running for office in Maine again. So we’re revisiting our 2022 podcast series examining his record as governor — and the impacts his policies still have today. First up: how LePage’s cuts targeted Maine’s social safety net and the people who relied on it. Listen now!

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Podcast Special: Slash and Burn — LePage and the Social Safety Net - Maine Beacon

Paul LePage is running for office in Maine again. So we’re revisiting our 2022 podcast series examining his record as governor — and the impacts his policies still have today. First up: how LePage’s c...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Bobby Charles has made fighting government fraud and waste central to his campaign. But Charles spent 16 of 17 years between 2000 and 2016 lobbying for companies that overbilled taxpayers or later faced federal fraud and bribery cases. His firm received at least $512,000 from such clients.

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Longtime lobbyist Bobby Charles rails against lobbyists, pledges to fight practices his clients engaged in - Maine Beacon

Republican gubernatorial nominee Bobby Charles recently told WGAN that giving money as a lobbyist means “you’re essentially believing that you’re going to buy a favor.” But Charles, who has made gover...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The Hearts of Pine have plenty of options for where to build their proposed $50 million stadium. Portland’s protected working waterfront shouldn’t be one of them, @strim.bsky.social says, pointing to decades of protections that have helped preserve marine industries and good-paying waterfront jobs.

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Strimling: Portland’s working waterfront is no place for professional soccer - Maine Beacon

I love the Hearts of Pine. Been to my share of games. Have spent hundreds of bucks on gear. I’m on a first name basis with one of the owners. And I appreciated the statement they made last month calli...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Yesterday was Overdose Awareness Day, as Maine continues to see encouraging declines in fatal overdoses after years of losses. Overdose deaths fell for the third year in 2025, and preliminary data shows they dropped nearly 9% during the first half of 2026 compared with the same period last year.

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Maine overdose deaths are falling, but the crisis is far from over - Maine Beacon

After years of devastating losses to the opioid epidemic, Maine is seeing overdose deaths move in the right direction; but advocates and state officials say the work to keep people alive is far from o...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Maine taxpayers are already paying millions for climate damage. Now Republicans in Congress are pushing a bill that could shield fossil fuel companies from being forced to help cover the costs. Climate advocates say Mainers shouldn’t foot Big Oil’s bill.

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Mainers fight Republican bill shielding Big Oil from climate costs - Maine Beacon

When severe storms tear up roads, overwhelm wastewater systems or flood Maine communities, taxpayers are often left with the bill. Climate advocates say the fossil fuel companies that helped create th...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

For the first time since the former HoltraChem plant began dumping mercury into the Penobscot River decades ago, work is underway to clean up some of the toxic pollution left behind.

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After decades of advocacy, Penobscot mercury cleanup finally begins - Maine Beacon

For the first time since a chemical plant on the banks of the Penobscot began dumping mercury into the river decades ago, a portion of the toxic pollutant is finally being cleaned up from the waterway...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

New federal data contradicts the Trump administration’s claim that its immigration crackdown is targeting dangerous criminals. ICE has apprehended 482 people in Maine so far this year and 98% had no criminal conviction. Just one had ever been convicted of a violent crime.

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ICE has grabbed hundreds of Maine immigrants in 2026, only one was convicted of a violent crime - Maine Beacon

Federal immigration agents have apprehended more people in Maine in the first seven months of 2026 than in the two previous years combined. Only one of them has ever been convicted of a violent crime,...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

What’s it actually like to knock on strangers’ doors and ask them to talk about politics — and maybe give you money? In this special audio story, the canvassers of Maine People’s Alliance take us behind the scenes of organizing door to door. Listen now!

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The other side of the knock: Stories from Maine’s progressive canvassers - Maine Beacon

What’s it actually like to knock on strangers’ doors and ask them to talk about politics — and maybe give you money? In this special audio story, the canvassers of Maine People’s Alliance take us behi...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

After months of organizing around rising rents and conditions at their mobile home parks, Augusta residents have gathered enough signatures to bring a lot rent stabilization measure before voters this November. The proposed ordinance would cap annual increases at 3% or inflation, whichever is lower.

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Augusta mobile home park residents fight rising rents with ballot measure - Maine Beacon

Augusta voters will decide this November whether to limit annual lot rent increases at the city’s mobile home parks, after residents gathered enough signatures to put a rent stabilization ordinance on...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Trump is underwater, Democrats have the wind at their backs and Matt Dunlap is better aligned with CD2 voters than Paul LePage. Opinion columnist @strim.bsky.social makes the case for a Dunlap win this November.

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Strimling: Why Matt Dunlap will (must) win - Maine Beacon

Let’s be honest. Matt Dunlap has a tough race in front of him for the open 2nd Congressional District seat. But I think he’s gonna win. We hear a lot about the steep hill Dunlap’s trying to climb — ru...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

For more than 60 years, Head Start has provided childcare, early education and other support to low-income families. Now, Maine advocates are warning that the Trump administration is seeking to weaken the standards that have helped make the program successful.

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Head Start reforms threaten early child development standards - Maine Beacon

Advocates for children in Maine warned the Trump administration’s proposed deregulation of the Head Start program will negatively affect services used by some of the state’s most vulnerable families. ...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Maine’s rural health care system is crumbling: birthing units and nursing homes are closing, thousands of Mainers are losing health coverage, and ACA premiums are rising — all while Sen. Susan Collins tours the state touting her support for rural hospitals, writes Andy O'Brien.

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Collins is making Mainers sicker and poorer — no need to thank her - Maine Beacon

As Maine’s rural health care system continues its gradual collapse, Sen. Susan Collins launched her “All Of Maine Bus Tour” last week with much fanfare. But as the Collins bus tootles along, here’s wh...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Over a month after an ICE agent shot and killed Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, his family is still waiting for basic answers about what happened to their 25-year-old son. Federal officials have not released video of the shooting or responded to Democrats’ requests for information.

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ICE killed Johan Durán Guerrero. His family is still waiting for answers, justice. - Maine Beacon

Thirty-five days after an ICE agent shot and killed Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, federal officials have yet to provide his family or the public with basic answers about his death. “Joh...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Drought conditions are worsening in Maine, raising concerns about groundwater supplies across New England. Scientists say warmer temperatures are increasing evaporation while swings between dry spells and intense rainfall make it harder for soil to retain moisture and replenish aquifers.

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New England drought conditions deplete wells, increase wildfire risk - Maine Beacon

Scientists warn that cities and towns throughout the Northeast need to reevaluate their groundwater reserves because of the region’s persistent drought. While recent rains have brought some relief to ...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The Money on the Left Collective joins the Beacon podcast to rethink how we talk about money and public spending. They dig into public banking, why money doesn’t have to be treated as a scarce resource, and how states like Maine could use public finance to invest in public needs. Listen now!

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What if we rethought money through public banking? - Maine Beacon

The Money on the Left Collective joins the Beacon podcast to rethink how we talk about money and public spending. Will Beaman, Tyler Suksawat and Rob Hawkes of the collective join MPA legislative stra...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Mainers could get more power to repair their appliances and electronics under legislation getting a second chance. The proposal, which narrowly did not pass earlier this year, is aimed at making repairs more accessible while saving consumers money and keeping electronic waste out of landfills.

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Maine bill would protect the right to repair your own devices - Maine Beacon

Sen. Mike Tipping (D-Orono) is renewing an effort to give Mainers more control over repairing their appliances and electronic devices after a similar proposal narrowly did not pass in the Legislature ...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

More than 150 Mainers gathered outside Sen. Susan Collins’ Biddeford office Tuesday to protest her vote to give immigration enforcement agencies another $70 billion, demanding she take responsibility as ICE operations continue to spread fear through Maine communities.

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‘Stop funding fear and death’: Mainers protest Collins’ support for ICE - Maine Beacon

Standing outside Sen. Susan Collins’ Biddeford office Tuesday, Fernanda McLaughlin had a message for the Republican senator who voted to give immigration enforcement agencies another $70 billion. “Ple...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Hannah Pingree is leading the Maine governor’s race by double digits in some polls, but the bigger story, says Opinion columnist @strim.bsky.social, may be what her election could mean for progressive legislation in Augusta. Click below to read Ethan's full column!

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Strimling: Why Hannah Pingree is the right choice for Maine Governor - Maine Beacon

In case you forgot, with all the attention over the past month on Graham Platner’s implosion in the US Senate race and Troy Jackson’s rise to challenge Sen. Susan Collins, there is a race for governor...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Pregnant and postpartum Mainers are supposed to be protected from new Medicaid work-reporting requirements, but a new report notes that gaps in MaineCare’s system could still put thousands of people at risk of losing coverage.

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Pregnant women at risk of losing Medicaid coverage if Maine fails to act - Maine Beacon

New federal work-reporting rules for Medicaid recipients will take effect in 2027. Pregnant and postpartum people in Maine are supposed to be protected from the rules. A new report found the real test...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Maine physicians say Sen. Susan Collins should use the Senate's August recess to answer for her votes that have made health care more expensive and less accessible, from abortion rights to prescription drug prices and Affordable Care Act coverage.

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Maine physicians press Collins over abortion, health care votes ahead of Senate recess - Maine Beacon

Maine physicians are urging Sen. Susan Collins to answer for her record on abortion rights and health care as Congress prepares to leave Washington for its month-long August recess. During a virtual p...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

As ICE raids continue to disrupt communities, research suggests the consequences reach well beyond immigration enforcement. Opinion columnist @strim.bsky.social explains how the economic costs are mounting for businesses, workers and local economies.

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Strimling: ICE raids equal job losses and economic pain for all of us - Maine Beacon

When confronted with a human tragedy like the one we are now seeing under ICE, I rarely like talking about the economic consequences. Does the financial impact really matter in the face of almost 75,0...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Susan Collins' vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh wasn't the only consequential abortion rights vote of her career. From opposing the Women's Health Protection Act after Roe's future was clear to confirming anti-abortion judges and supporting abortion funding restrictions, here's a look at her record.

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Collins’ anti-reproductive rights record extends far beyond Kavanaugh vote - Maine Beacon

One of Sen. Susan Collins’ most infamous votes was her 2018 decision to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who played a key role in overturning Roe v. Wade. But Collins, who has claimed to...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Sen. Susan Collins could cast the deciding vote on Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general, as advocates warn that confirming Trump’s pick would put accountability for ICE abuses at risk — including the investigation into the death of a Maine father.

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ICE shooting fallout in Maine puts spotlight on Sen. Collin’s AG vote - Maine Beacon

With the Senate expected to confirm Todd Blanche as the next U.S. Attorney General this week, pressure from watchdog groups is mounting on Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who may cast the deciding vote. ...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The member-led board of the Maine People's Alliance has endorsed Democratic nominees Troy Jackson, Hannah Pingree and Matt Dunlap, along with more than 50 legislative candidates who are fighting for affordable housing, tax fairness and workers' rights.

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MPA endorses Jackson, Pingree, Dunlap more than 50 progressive state candidates - Maine Beacon

The member-led board of the Maine People's Alliance (of which Beacon is a project) has endorsed Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Troy Jackson in his race against Sen. Susan Collins, along with Democrati...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Opinions writer Ethan Strimling has known since 2014 that Troy Jackson is who Maine needs to represent them. Strimling says a speech Jackson made 12 years ago "showed an intrinsic connection to what the working class feels under a capitalist system that could not care less about our families."

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Strimling: Troy Jackson. The right person, at the right moment - Maine Beacon

“He’d tell me he was gonna stay awake holding my hand all night, so that when morning came, I’d still be there for him … As if all the strength that [my son] had in that little hand could counter gene...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Three new laws aimed at protecting Maine communities from Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s violent tactics take effect today. The laws, known collectively as ICE Out of Maine laws, are called ICE Out of Policing, ICE Out of Our Homes, and ICE Out of Schools and State Healthcare.

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“Community is stronger than fear” — New ICE Out of Maine laws take effect - Maine Beacon

Three new laws aimed at protecting Maine communities from Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s violent tactics take effect today. The laws, known collectively as ICE Out of Maine laws, are called ICE...

Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

It’s been two weeks since an agent shot and killed 26-year-old Colombian national Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, and in two events late last week, Mainers called out ICE’s violent tactics and called for change.

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Still calling out ICE two weeks after Biddeford killing, Maine Dems and faith leaders take strong positions - Maine Beacon

It’s been two weeks since an agent shot and killed 26-year-old Colombian national Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, and in two events late last week, Mainers called out ICE’s violent tactic...