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Maine’s Sen. Susan Collins Drops In Popularity; NY Times Blames Her Support Of Kavanaugh, Trump

Bill Gnade

Multiple media outlets are reporting that a "respected online survey" (as written in the Portland Press Herald's lede) shows that Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, the only Republican in New England's congressional delegation, is losing her "once-strong" approval rating. The New York Times further notes that the moderate Republican senator has lost her popularity because of her apparent support of Donald Trump and because of her critical vote in confirming Supreme Court Justice Brett Cavanaugh to the nation's highest court last year.

The Portland Press Herald (Press Herald) reports that Morning Consult conducted an online poll "with nearly 2000 Maine voters between April and June" and "found Collins had the second-lowest approval rating of any U.S. senator."

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NH Law Coming To Protect Public School Students, Particularly LGBTQ Students, From Discrimination

Bill Gnade

A new "anti-discrimination" bill will take effect in September in New Hampshire to "protect" its students.

Designed to protect "any student" from discrimination in public schools, the new legislation was signed by GOP Gov. Chris Sununu and had the approval of the Governor's Advisory Council on Diversity and Inclusion.

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