AUGUSTA, Maine, July 31 -- The Maine Democratic Party issued the following statement on July 30, 2024: * * * "Despite claiming to be pro-choice, Susan Collins has nothing but kind words to say about Donald Trump's running mate and anti-abortion extremist JD Vance. "In addition to supporting a national abortion ban, arguing against exceptions for rape and incest, and voting against protections for IVF, Vance has made a whole host of weird and disparaging comments about childless women, particu  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, July 31 (TNSres) -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news on July 30, 2024: * * * Six new and expanded training programs across the state will support and prepare hundreds of Maine people for careers in the state's rapidly growing clean energy sector * * * The Maine Governor's Energy Office (GEO) today announced $2 million in grant awards to expand or establish six clean energy workforce training programs in Biddeford, Portland, Freeport, Augusta, Orono, and Ox  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, July 31 (TNSres) -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: New Mexico State University joined a group of colleges and universities from across the country for the Hazing Prevention Consortium's annual summit hosted at the University of Maine in June. A leader in hazing prevention research, the HPC is a multiyear research-to-practice initiative of StopHazing that supports colleges and universities in planning, developing and implementing data-info  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, July 31 -- The Maine Secretary of State issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: The order of referendum questions on the November 2024 General Election ballot has been determined through a public lottery held by Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and Deputy Secretary of State for Corporations, Elections and Commissions Julie Flynn Tuesday morning. Under Maine law, questions must be arranged in the following order: carry-over measures from a previous election; people'  more