The Republican from Maine “will forever be the U.S. senator who gaslit a nation and her constituents and voted to install Brett Kavanaugh,” said one critic. In a 2018 speech announcing her decisive vote in favor of confirming right-wing judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine insisted—despite the abundance of evidence to the contrary—that […]
(Anchorage) – Lieutenant Governor Kevin Meyer signed an extradition request to the Governor of Maine on March 7 for Steven Harris Downs, a former student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, accused of first-degree murder and first-degree sexual assault in the death of 20-year-old Sophie Sergie in April 1993. “After 26 long years, it […]
On Thursday, the Trump administration announced a vast expansion to offshore drilling in the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic Oceans that can open up drilling offshore in areas of the country where drilling has been banned for decades and opening new areas for exploration. The move by the administration and the Department of Interior has spurred opposition […]