What we're reading
— A state trooper who made bombshell allegations against the Maine State Police in a 2020 lawsuit has his day in court on Thursday. A judge will decide whether Trooper George Loder's discrimination allegations will go to a jury trial. Loder claimed he was demoted after telling bosses that a state intelligence unit was collecting and maintaining data illegally. The state denies that.
— A top legislative Democrat wants to make it easier for large outdoor venues to serve liquor. A late-filed bill from Maine House Majority Leader Michelle Dunphy, D-Old Town, would add spirits to the list of beverages allowed under liquor licenses for three Maine venues — Darling's Waterfront Pavilion in Bangor, Hadlock Field in Portland and Oxford Plains Speedway. They need to get per-event licenses to sell spirits under current law.
— Portland would be the first city or town in Maine and one of the first in the country to allow noncitizen and undocumented residents to vote in local elections under a proposal advanced by its charter commission. It comes despite a state law that appears to block such a measure, but most commissioners look ready to fight it out in court. |
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