And for the first time this year, thanks to Maine's switch to a "semi-open" primary, independent voters ... implications for down ballot contests in state legislatures.Maine's Political Pulse ...

Thousands of students working toward graduate and undergraduate degrees in Maine never have to set foot on a college campus. Maine’s higher education institutions, from state universities to ...

Maine Audubon’s headquarters are on a 65-acre sanctuary with more than 2 miles of trails winding along a pond through a forest, meadow, orchard and salt marsh, open year-round. Hiking ...

You can watch the full conversation here: The state primary is on June 11, and absentee voting is already underway. Maine is now a semi-open primary state, which means voters who are not enrolled ...

Common Cause New Mexico believes our state is ready to adopt semi-open primaries. Semi-open primary elections would allow independent voters and those without a party altogether to vote in ...

In 2024, only 17% of registered voters in New Mexico cast their ballots in the state’s primary elections. More than 300,000 registered New Mexican voters — roughly a quarter of the state’s ...

In closed primaries, only folks registered with one of the two major parties in the state, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, can vote in primaries. Semi-open primary elections allow ...

Federal antitrust enforcement is entering a period of uncertainty in the second Trump administration. It is an open question what priorities ...

The law’s supporters describe the three days as a “cooling off period.” In Maine, 90% of gun deaths are suicides, and 56% of suicides are carried out with guns, according to a 2023 Maine Department of ...

Rick Bennett said closed-door party caucuses at the State House are ... A bill before the Maine Legislature would make private intraparty meetings of lawmakers open to the public, which its ...

6—A bill before the Maine Legislature would ... are now confidential under state law, and whether discussions around a party's political strategy would be open to the public.