Randy Billings

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May 8—Sen. Susan Collins says that Canadian students attending school in Aroostook County are being subjected to "excessive" security screening and questioning when crossing the northern border. Collins, a Republican who leads the Senate Appropriations Committee, raised the issue with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a budget hearing Thursday.

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May 8—AUGUSTA — Maine's attorney general urged the U.S. Supreme Court to deny an emergency request from a censured state lawmaker to restore her voting and speaking rights. "Like other censures of Maine House members, the censure resolution required Rep. (Laurel) Libby to apologize for her conduct — not recant her views. Rep.

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May 6—AUGUSTA — Maine officials said Tuesday they had not received a response to their appeal for a delay in enforcement at the state's airports when the federal Real ID deadline arrives Wednesday. But the Transportation Security Administration is expected to phase in the enforcement nationwide anyway and allow people to fly for a period, even if they don't have the federal identification.

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May 2—Lawmakers heard hours of testimony Friday from opponents of several proposals to require photo identification prior to voting in Maine, including a citizen initiative that would also place new restrictions on absentee voting. Most of the testimony focused on the citizen initiative led by Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, that is likely headed to a statewide referendum in November.

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May 1—AUGUSTA — State officials are asking the Trump administration to delay the strict enforcement of a requirement that people show a Real ID or equivalent form of identification if they want to fly commercially starting Wednesday. But a spokesperson for the Transportation Security Administration, which oversees airport security, threw cold water on the request shortly after it was announced Thursday, telling the Press Herald that the administration plans to enforce the law beginning May 7.