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Rankled In Maine: While Signing Off On Ranked-Voting Result, Gov. Writes “Stolen Election” On Doc

In one of his last official acts before leaving office, Maine's Governor Paul LePage, a Republican, expressed dissatisfaction with the result of the state's "ranked voting" election by writing on the election's certifying document, next to his signature, "Stolen Election."

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US-China Researchers Claim Wind Speeds, And Wind Power-Generation Potential, Have Declined

Researchers in China and the United States have found evidence that wind speeds, and the potential power generation such speeds allow, have been decreasing in the Northern Hemisphere since 1979. The findings are published in the January 2019 edition of Energy. Using data collected from 1979 to 2016 and gathered

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Despite California’s Move, NH’s “First-In-Nation” Primary Safe, Says Secretary of State

Now that California has officially moved its presidential primary election up three months — from June (in 2016) to March 3, 2020 — New Hampshire's secretary of state intends to protect the Granite State's "first-in-the-nation" primary status. NH has protected its first-in-the-nation presidential primary status since

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German Court Rules “Child Marriage” Might Be Legally Protected; Seeks High Court Help

The case of a Syrian refugee who married his 14-year-old female cousin under Sharia law in a Syrian court may be permissible and "effective" under German law, the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) in Germany declared in a recent decision. The BGH has asked Germany's highest

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Officials In Mass. Worry Pot-Based Edibles Will Lead To Under-age Use

With recreational marijuana use legal in Massachusetts, some officials are concerned cannabis-based edibles and other cannabis products will become more readily accessible to under-age users. The commonwealth's minimum age for purchase, possession and use of recreational marijuana and its derivatives is 21.  Marijuana's chief pyschoactive ingredient,

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Maine Republican U.S. Rep Appeals To Fed Court, Challenges ‘Ranked-Voting’

In a potential landmark case regarding the federal legality of "ranked-voting," U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, a Maine Republican, has petitioned a federal appeals court to issue an injunction before the results of his election loss in November are certified by the Maine Secretary of State and his

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Auction of ‘Wind Lots’ Off Massachusetts Coast Nets Record $405 Million

In what is described as the "highest grossing competitive lease sale for renewable energy in federal waters," the U.S. Secretary of the Interior and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management  have announced an auction of offshore Massachusetts "wind lots" has netted "$405 million in

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Vermont Law School Under Investigation After Axing Tenured Faculty Positions

Vermont Law School is under investigation by the American Association of University Professors after the school's mid-year "restructuring" of tenured professors jobs left some of them in either lower-paying posts or out in the cold. The association said in a release that the actions of school