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Guns become an early issue in Maine’s tight 2nd District race

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Good morning from Augusta. In this age of endless campaigning, Maine’s 2nd Congressional District has been nationally targeted for about five years straight and this year’s seemingly tight race is just now starting to take its own shape as the candidates war on gun rights. It wasn’t surprising that U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, a second-term […]

Bloomberg group gives Maine gun purchase background check proponents huge cash edge

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Good morning from Augusta, where filings from two groups looking to expand firearm background checks on Maine’s 2016 ballot show that they’re awash in much more cash from a group linked to Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire ex-mayor of New York City. In April and May, filings with the Maine Ethics Commission show that the group, Everytown […]