Star Weekly Digest

By Lauren McCauley | Editor

By Kaitlyn Budion

Although most roadless areas are in the western U.S., there are still areas in the Northeast that are protected under the federal 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, and would be affected by the proposed change. 

By Amanda Watford

Twenty-five years after 9/11, the surveillance infrastructure built and expanded in its aftermath has become part of a far larger digital ecosystem — producing tools that can collect and analyze information on a scale unimaginable in 2001.

By Eesha Pendharkar

Drawing on her own experience of being sexually abused as a child, Republican gubernatorial nominee Bobby Charles’ sister, Anita Charles, criticized his record on abortion at a Wednesday press conference in Portland. She also publicly opposed his education policy, divisive rhetoric and alignment with President Donald Trump, listing all of them as reasons she supports his opponent, Democrat Hannah Pingree. 

By Lauren McCauley

As she seeks re-election, Susan Collins is arguing that her presence in the U.S. Senate protects her constituents from a regime that she supports 95% of the time and when Mainers head to the polls in November, they are largely voting on whether her seniority and the privileges and protections it affords the state is worth the cost to the rest of the nation. 

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