Maines

Maine joins Colorado as the second state to eject the former president from the 2024 ballot The Secretary of State of Maine has removed Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential primary ballot, citing an interpretation of the 14th amendment that would bar insurrectionists from holding office. Maine joins Colorado as the second state in the U.S. to block Trump’s presidential bid after Colorado’s Supreme Court ejected him earlier this month after ruling that the former president engaged in…

Fourteen years since their last record, the Chicks dropped the “Dixie” from their name and made a triumphant return with their eighth studio album, “Gaslighter.” The band — Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer — was exiled from the country music scene in 2003 after Maines criticized George W. Bush during a London concert, and it doesn’t shy away from politics on its latest effort, firing shots at the incompetence of America’s political leaders and calling for gun control. But the most prominent lyrical…

Writer and actress Nicole Maines and writer Leah Williams both make their solo DC debuts in this week’s Lazarus Planet: Assault on Krypton #1. We sat down to talk to them about the event and their favorite Teen Titans. CORINNE MCCREERY: So Nicole, I’m gonna open by being candid and say that even though this is the fourth time, we’ve talked, I’ve interviewed you, I get nervous every single time. NICOLE MAINES: Well, I’m nervous constantly, so it’s okay. MCCREERY: You have meant so much to my life and my career, and it’s…

The title that made waves last year for National Coming Out Day looks to bring even more queer representation to the DC Universe in July’s Superman: Son of Kal-El #13. Making her way to the book from television’s Supergirl is Nia Nal. And Nia is bringing her actress, Nicole Maines with her to the DC Universe. Maines is teaming up with ongoing writer Tom Taylor for the special event to bring Dreamer into the main DC Universe, and I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to talk to both writers about both that book…

Maine’s first electric public transit vehicles – four Proterra ZX5 35-foot buses – went into service on the streets of Portland yesterday. Maine’s electric buses Maine’s Greater Portland Metro and Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach Transit purchased the electric buses (model pictured above) using state and federal funding, as well as $3 million from the VW settlement program. Each agency will run two electric buses. Together they spent $5.9 million for the four buses, two bus depot chargers, engineering, project…