Maine

Border Patrol agents have been reassigned to the southern border. Without them, passengers from cruise ships originating from a foreign port can’t disembark.

Gov. Janet Mills is expected to sign into law a bill aimed at strengthening the yellow flag law and background checks on private sales, among others.

The move comes after an eleventh-hour bill, which would have allowed police to confiscate guns based on hearsay, attracted national attention.

Legislation also allows law enforcement to petition a judge for a warrant to take a person into protective custody if the judge deems the person mentally ill.

She said she recognized merit to both sides of the electoral college argument but would allow the bill to become law without her signature as its debated.

Republicans warn it will lead to child trafficking and kidnapping, while advocates say it will protect what is already legal in Maine.

The defeat comes in spite of indications that the farms are being used to fund human trafficking and fentanyl operations.

Maine could become the 17th member of an interstate coalition whose electors back whoever wins the national popular vote.

Extreme Risk Protection Order proponents want to replace Maine’s Yellow Flag law.

‘If market conditions and infrastructure were in a place, Maine consumers would make this choice on their own without government coercion.’

The bill would shield medical providers in Maine from liability for sex change surgeries on children coming from states where such procedures are illegal.

An analysis of Robert Card’s brain showed ’significant degeneration' in white matter.

‘It is legislating for all 50 states. No one can interfere with this legal right that will be granted in Maine,’ said a legislator who opposes the measure.

Enough signatures have been collected for the candidate to appear on the South Carolina ballot while a judge ruled against the campaign in Maine.