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We’re living through a tumultuous year in American politics.

Democracy advocates in Maine are backing recently-released legislation that — if enacted by enough states around the country — would essentially bypass the Electoral College, which since 2000 has elevated to the White House two candidates who lost the national popular vote. LD 1578, sponsored by Rep. Arthur Bell (D-Yarmouth), would adopt the Interstate Compact,

No other state in the country has such a strong tradition of ordinary citizens standing up for our rights as voters against big donors. That energy must be sustained in 2023.

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian ice dancer Kaitlyn Weaver says, as an LGBTQ person, her sport has never fully reflected her lived experience. Skate Canada last month dropped the requirement that an ice dance or pairs team competing domestically must include a man and a woman. As of next season, pairs and ice dance skaters — up to the Canadian championships, but not beyond — need only be two skaters.

Canadian ice dancer Kaitlyn Weaver says, as an LGBTQ person, her sport has never fully reflected her lived experience.

Skate Canada has rewritten its policy that specifies ice dance and pairs team must comprise a man and a woman, a rule change that has Weaver and two-time Olympic ice dance champion Scott Moir as its biggest advocates — and could revolutionize the stuffy figure skating world.

After more than three decades of working in municipal government, Bangor city clerk Lisa Goodwin is confident that Maine’s election system is safe. But with national tensions rising ahead of a potentially pivotal Election Day, she does not want to...

Absentee ballot requests have already exceeded levels from last gubernatorial and midterm election in 2018, with Democrats slightly outpacing their previous proportion of requests.

Absentee ballot requests have already exceeded levels from last gubernatorial and midterm election in 2018, with Democrats slightly outpacing their previous proportion of requests.

Absentee ballot requests have already exceeded levels from last gubernatorial and midterm election in 2018, with Democrats slightly outpacing their previous proportion of requests.