Black Lives Matter
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2021
Dozens in hearing back bill to gauge racial impacts in all state legislation
House Assistant Majority Leader Rachel Talbot Ross says the measure is an important step toward eliminating systemic racism in Maine.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2021
Bill would shift control of Capitol Police to Legislature
Rep. Rachel Talbot Ross, D-Portland, says the force that protects the State House and other properties should be overseen by lawmakers rather than the executive branch.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2021
Republican lawmakers defend Capitol Police chief’s posts on Facebook
In a letter, 69 Republicans and an independent accuse Democrats of trampling on the free speech rights of Chief Russell Gauvin, whose posts raised questions about the legitimacy of the presidential election.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2021
‘We’re still around’: Young activists continue to push for racial equity
Mainers who led rallies for racial justice last summer look to lessons from the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders as they try to keep the movement going.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2021
Biden blames Trump for violence at Capitol, calls rioters ‘domestic terrorists’
Both the president-elect and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris spoke about the police treatment of the largely white mob compared with Black Lives Matter protesters.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2021
Illinois 18-year-old pleads not guilty in fatal shootings of 2 in Kenosha protest
Kyle Rittenhouse fatally shot two people and wounded a third amidst summer protests on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2021
Ascension to legislative leadership is bittersweet for Talbot Ross
Rachel Talbot Ross, a Portland Democrat, is the first Black person in state history to serve in a leadership role in the Maine Legislature.
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PublishedDecember 27, 2020
A year none of us could have imagined
2020 was a year of loss and hardship for many, a year of personal growth and new beginnings for others. To take stock of a year we’ll never forget, we spoke with more than a dozen Mainers to learn how 2020 affected them.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2020
Commentary: Kwanzaa to be celebrated with special urgency in 2020
Ordinary folks are finally seeing what Black people have experienced in this country.
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PublishedDecember 22, 2020
Westbrook councilors call for deeper dive into racial bias in PD
A new study shows the Westbrook Police Department's use of force incidents in 2019 disproportionately involved Black people.
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