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*Maine Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for Monday December 16, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Justice Dept.: Clemency Recipient List
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is granting clemency consisting of 39 pardons and 1,499 commutations. President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is pardoning the following 39 individuals: NINA SIMONA ALLEN - Harvest, Alabama Nina Simona Allen is a 49-year-old woman who was convicted of a non-violent offense in her 20s. In the years since, Ms. Allen returned to school to earn a post-baccalaureate degree and two  more

Sens. Sanders, Cassidy Issue Statement on Unanimous Senate Vote to Pass Historic Reauthorization of Older Americans Act
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, and Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, chairman and ranking member, of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 11, 2024: * * * Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) today released the following statement on the unanimous vote in the Senate last night to pass the Older Americans Act (  more