Oct 10 Watch 7:20 How Maine’s unique voting system may play out this election By PBS NewsHour Maine is the only state, apart from Nebraska, that divides its four electoral votes. In 2016, President Trump lost the state but got one electoral college vote, as he won one of the state’s two congressional districts. Maine Public Radio’s… Continue watching
Oct 10 Watch 7:20 After a summer of no tourists, winter is coming for Maine’s small businesses By Christopher Booker, Mori Rothman Small business owners in Maine that rely on a tourist-filled summer have been shuttering shops since the start of the pandemic. With negotiations over a stimulus package stalled, and the cold season approaching, many of them face a bleak future. Continue watching
Oct 08 Watch 5:53 Maine Sen. Susan Collins faces challenge of her political career from Sara Gideon By Lisa Desjardins, Matt Loffman One of the Senate seats in play this November is that of Maine’s senior senator, Republican Susan Collins, who has long nurtured a reputation as bipartisan. But during the Trump era, her favor has fallen with some of Maine's fiercely… Continue watching
Sep 22 Ranked voting in Maine a go for presidential election By David Sharp, Associated Press Ranked choice voting will be used for the first time in a presidential race under a ruling Tuesday by the Maine Supreme Court, which concluded a GOP petition drive came up short. Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch 10:56 How Black immigrant Mainers are fighting COVID-19 By Kira Kay Despite low rates of COVID-19 infections, Maine has the largest racial disparity of infection rates in the country. Special Correspondent Kira Kay reports that Black immigrant Mainers have been disproportionately affected and that state aid needed to fight the virus… Continue watching
Jul 24 Watch 5:59 As Trump’s poll numbers fall, these Senate races have become more competitive With President Trump trailing former Vice President Joe Biden in nearly every major national poll, Democrats see November’s election as a major opportunity. But the contentious political contests extend beyond the White House to the Senate. Jessica Taylor, senior editor… Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch 3:44 News Wrap: NASCAR drivers support Bubba Wallace after noose found in his garage spot In our news wrap Monday, a noose found in the Talladega Superspeedway garage space of NASCAR’s sole Black driver prompted a show of solidarity. Bubba Wallace had successfully pushed to ban Confederate flags from NASCAR events. Also, the White House… Continue watching
Mar 04 Biden wins Maine primary By Associated Press Joe Biden has been declared the winner of the Maine primary. Continue reading
Dec 27 Court upholds Obama’s creation of national monument in Atlantic By Associated Press Fishing groups had sued over the creation of Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, a 5,000-square-mile area that contains fragile deep sea corals and vulnerable species of marine life. Continue reading
Oct 15 Watch 6:19 How fiction draws Pulitzer-winner Elizabeth Strout home to Maine By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Olive Kitteridge is overbearing and hard to love, as well as complicated and compelling. The character at the center of Elizabeth Strout's 2009 Pulitzer-winning novel is also back -- in a new book called "Olive, Again." Strout takes Jeffrey Brown… Continue watching