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Latest story Sep 24, 2026 · on ChamberLight since Apr 2026
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Writing quality not enough rated stories yet: 5 of 10. How it is measured
Scores last checked Sep 25, 2026.
Stories ChamberLight collected, by month
Stories credited to Maine Morning Star, by publication date. ChamberLight collects articles that mention the officials it tracks, so this shows its own coverage of this source, not how much the source publishes.
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| Month | Stories | All outlets |
|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | 1 | 521 |
| April 2026 | 0 | 4,538 |
| May 2026 | 0 | none collected |
| June 2026 | 0 | none collected |
| July 2026 | 0 | none collected |
| August 2026 | 0 | 1 (collection gap) |
| September 2026 | 4 | 1,320 |
Top topics
Share of this source’s stories tagged with each topic. A story can carry several topics, so the shares do not add up to 100%.
- Budget/Spending2
40% of 5 stories · 31% across all outlets
- Economy2
40% of 5 stories · 26% across all outlets
- Ethics/Corruption2
40% of 5 stories · 58% across all outlets
- Immigration1
20% of 5 stories · 13% across all outlets
- Infrastructure1
20% of 5 stories · 8% across all outlets
The thin mark on each bar is the topic’s share across all outlets.
Who they cover
Party of the officials these stories are mainly about, across all 5 officials named. A story counts once for each official it is mainly about, so the split is over 8 story–official pairs, from 5 stories.
- Republican63% · 5 pairs
- Democrat25% · 2 pairs
- Independent13% · 1 pair
Most covered
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- Good Look
- 1 (20%)
- Mixed
- 3 (60%)
- Informational
- 0 (0%)
- Bad Look
- 1 (20%)
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ProPublica debunks Susan Collins’ claims about FBI anti-corruption probe
As the scandal over Susan Collins’ relationship with Hawaii defense contractor Navatek became the central issue in her hotly contested senate campaign, she and her top aides mustered a defense with a series of incorrect and misleading claims. On Tuesday, ProPublica published an investigation into the senior senator from Maine’s relationship with Martin Kao, the […]
Collins, King urge feds to release heating oil supply amid price surge
U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King of Maine are calling on the federal government to release reserve heating oil as fuel prices continue to surge while temperatures drop. In a letter to President Donald Trump Tuesday, the senators urged him to release supply from the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve to “protect Mainers from […]
Collins, King urge feds to release heating oil supply amid price surge
U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King of Maine are calling on the federal government to release reserve heating oil as fuel prices continue to surge while temperatures drop. In a letter to President Donald Trump Tuesday, the senators urged him to release supply from the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve to “protect Mainers from […]
Democrats have been trying to nail Collins on corruption for years. Will this time be different?
As U.S. Sen. Susan Collins has repeatedly defied odds to hold onto her seat by touting her ability to bring in federal money to Maine, Democrats have tried to target that defense by leveling corruption accusations, so far to no avail. Now, they see new reporting alleging the incumbent Republican’s involvement in a pay-for-play scheme […]
Collins leans on familiar playbook in hopes of defying political headwinds
“Susan Collins Our Senator” was plastered across the side of the bus that pulled into a three, soon to be four, generation family business in Naples last week while the owners, other local business leaders and residents stood by, holding campaign signs and cheering. The incumbent Republican greeted roughly 20 people one by one, asking […]
New England airports spared from long lines at security checkpoints for now
Employees with the Transportation Security Administration are seen working at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona. President Donald Trump announced on social media over the weekend that ICE officers would be deployed to certain airports to help alleviate long wait times. (DHS photo by Tia Dufour) No New England airports are expected to see U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers taking over security duties for now, despite a presidential order aimed at assisting Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees working without pay during a partial government shutdown, the regional president of the TSA officers’ union said Monday. “We’re not really having those problems that you’re seeing on the news,” Mike Gayzagian, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 2617 headquartered in Boston, said in an interview Monday. “Hopefully we maintain that, but we’ll see what happens.” Spokespeople for Logan International Airport in Boston or Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut both confirmed a lack of ICE presence at their terminals. Bill Fischer, spokesman for the Rhode Island Airport Corporation, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on staffing for the security checkpoint at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport in Warwick. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the TSA, has been shut down since Feb. 14 after Congressional Democrats withheld support for the GOP’s funding bill in a push for restrictions and guardrails on the activities of ICE and Customs and Border Patrol officers. President Donald Trump announced on social media over the weekend that ICE officers would be deployed starting Monday in order for TSA employees to focus on screening many of the long lines at security checkpoints that have taken hold in larger airports across the country. Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is asking passengers to arrive four hours before their flights in order to get through security. George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston has noted wait times between 150 to 200 minutes at its security checkpoints. Immigration officers have thus far been deployed in Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Houston, New Orleans, Fort Myers, Florida, New York’s Kennedy and LaGuardia airports, Newark, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Pittsburgh, according to CNN. But officials at the Portland Regional Jetport reported normal operations on Monday. And at T.F. Green, Gayzagian said operations continue to be business as usual. One redditor posted Thursday that “the Dunkin line is longer than the security line” at the Warwick airport. “It’s easy to get out of New England, but it may be very hard to get back,” Gayzagian said. Of the 51 flights that were scheduled to arrive at the Warwick airport, only three were late — two from Florida and one from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport outside D.C. Reagan also saw Monday’s only cancellation for a flight to T.F. Green as of 1 p.m. Over 400 TSA officers have quit since the shutdown began, according to the Department of Homeland Security. At least 35 TSA airport security officers have walked off the job in New England as they aren’t being paid, Gayzagian said. But most of those who quit were officers at Logan, he noted. “Green does not have that many — maybe three or four [officers]” Gayzagian said. But it’s possible more may seek other work as the shutdown continues. “On Friday, we’re going to start missing checks again,” Gayzagian said. “People have to pay bills, support their families.” A proposal by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer that would fund non-ICE and Border Patrol officers failed on a party-line vote Saturday. Trump is now saying he doesn’t even want a deal with Democrats unless the Senate passes the SAVE America Act, which would require voters nationwide to provide proof of citizenship and force states to hand over their voter data to the Department of Homeland Security in order to screen for undocumented immigrants. U.S. Sen. Jack Reed on Monday said the president’s post shows Trump is ultimately responsible for TSA officers not getting their paychecks in a statement released by his office “No matter what Democrats offer — and we’ve already proposed paying TSA more than 10 times that Republicans have objected to — Trump will not allow a TSA solution unless Democrats cave on his unrelated, unworkable, and unwarranted voter-suppression gambit known as the so-called SAVE America Act,” Reed said. Reed added that funding TSA and reforming ICE should be “an urgent, bipartisan priority.” This story was originally produced by Rhode Island Current, which is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network which includes Maine Morning Star, and is supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity.
New England airports spared from long lines at security checkpoints for now
Employees with the Transportation Security Administration are seen working at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona. President Donald Trump announced on social media over the weekend that ICE officers would be deployed to certain airports to help alleviate long wait times. (DHS photo by Tia Dufour) No New England airports are expected to see U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers taking over security duties for now, despite a presidential order aimed at assisting Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees working without pay during a partial government shutdown, the regional president of the TSA officers’ union said Monday. “We’re not really having those problems that you’re seeing on the news,” Mike Gayzagian, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 2617 headquartered in Boston, said in an interview Monday. “Hopefully we maintain that, but we’ll see what happens.” Spokespeople for Logan International Airport in Boston or Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut both confirmed a lack of ICE presence at their terminals. Bill Fischer, spokesman for the Rhode Island Airport Corporation, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on staffing for the security checkpoint at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport in Warwick. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the TSA, has been shut down since Feb. 14 after Congressional Democrats withheld support for the GOP’s funding bill in a push for restrictions and guardrails on the activities of ICE and Customs and Border Patrol officers. President Donald Trump announced on social media over the weekend that ICE officers would be deployed starting Monday in order for TSA employees to focus on screening many of the long lines at security checkpoints that have taken hold in larger airports across the country. Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is asking passengers to arrive four hours before their flights in order to get through security. George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston has noted wait times between 150 to 200 minutes at its security checkpoints. Immigration officers have thus far been deployed in Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Houston, New Orleans, Fort Myers, Florida, New York’s Kennedy and LaGuardia airports, Newark, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Pittsburgh, according to CNN. But officials at the Portland Regional Jetport reported normal operations on Monday. And at T.F. Green, Gayzagian said operations continue to be business as usual. One redditor posted Thursday that “the Dunkin line is longer than the security line” at the Warwick airport. “It’s easy to get out of New England, but it may be very hard to get back,” Gayzagian said. Of the 51 flights that were scheduled to arrive at the Warwick airport, only three were late — two from Florida and one from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport outside D.C. Reagan also saw Monday’s only cancellation for a flight to T.F. Green as of 1 p.m. Over 400 TSA officers have quit since the shutdown began, according to the Department of Homeland Security. At least 35 TSA airport security officers have walked off the job in New England as they aren’t being paid, Gayzagian said. But most of those who quit were officers at Logan, he noted. “Green does not have that many — maybe three or four [officers]” Gayzagian said. But it’s possible more may seek other work as the shutdown continues. “On Friday, we’re going to start missing checks again,” Gayzagian said. “People have to pay bills, support their families.” A proposal by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer that would fund non-ICE and Border Patrol officers failed on a party-line vote Saturday. Trump is now saying he doesn’t even want a deal with Democrats unless the Senate passes the SAVE America Act, which would require voters nationwide to provide proof of citizenship and force states to hand over their voter data to the Department of Homeland Security in order to screen for undocumented immigrants. U.S. Sen. Jack Reed on Monday said the president’s post shows Trump is ultimately responsible for TSA officers not getting their paychecks in a statement released by his office “No matter what Democrats offer — and we’ve already proposed paying TSA more than 10 times that Republicans have objected to — Trump will not allow a TSA solution unless Democrats cave on his unrelated, unworkable, and unwarranted voter-suppression gambit known as the so-called SAVE America Act,” Reed said. Reed added that funding TSA and reforming ICE should be “an urgent, bipartisan priority.” This story was originally produced by Rhode Island Current, which is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network which includes Maine Morning Star, and is supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity.
New England airports spared from long lines at security checkpoints for now
Employees with the Transportation Security Administration are seen working at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona. President Donald Trump announced on social media over the weekend that ICE officers would be deployed to certain airports to help alleviate long wait times. (DHS photo by Tia Dufour) No New England airports are expected to see U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers taking over security duties for now, despite a presidential order aimed at assisting Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees working without pay during a partial government shutdown, the regional president of the TSA officers’ union said Monday. “We’re not really having those problems that you’re seeing on the news,” Mike Gayzagian, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 2617 headquartered in Boston, said in an interview Monday. “Hopefully we maintain that, but we’ll see what happens.” Spokespeople for Logan International Airport in Boston or Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut both confirmed a lack of ICE presence at their terminals. Bill Fischer, spokesman for the Rhode Island Airport Corporation, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on staffing for the security checkpoint at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport in Warwick. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the TSA, has been shut down since Feb. 14 after Congressional Democrats withheld support for the GOP’s funding bill in a push for restrictions and guardrails on the activities of ICE and Customs and Border Patrol officers. President Donald Trump announced on social media over the weekend that ICE officers would be deployed starting Monday in order for TSA employees to focus on screening many of the long lines at security checkpoints that have taken hold in larger airports across the country. Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is asking passengers to arrive four hours before their flights in order to get through security. George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston has noted wait times between 150 to 200 minutes at its security checkpoints. Immigration officers have thus far been deployed in Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Houston, New Orleans, Fort Myers, Florida, New York’s Kennedy and LaGuardia airports, Newark, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Pittsburgh, according to CNN. But officials at the Portland Regional Jetport reported normal operations on Monday. And at T.F. Green, Gayzagian said operations continue to be business as usual. One redditor posted Thursday that “the Dunkin line is longer than the security line” at the Warwick airport. “It’s easy to get out of New England, but it may be very hard to get back,” Gayzagian said. Of the 51 flights that were scheduled to arrive at the Warwick airport, only three were late — two from Florida and one from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport outside D.C. Reagan also saw Monday’s only cancellation for a flight to T.F. Green as of 1 p.m. Over 400 TSA officers have quit since the shutdown began, according to the Department of Homeland Security. At least 35 TSA airport security officers have walked off the job in New England as they aren’t being paid, Gayzagian said. But most of those who quit were officers at Logan, he noted. “Green does not have that many — maybe three or four [officers]” Gayzagian said. But it’s possible more may seek other work as the shutdown continues. “On Friday, we’re going to start missing checks again,” Gayzagian said. “People have to pay bills, support their families.” A proposal by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer that would fund non-ICE and Border Patrol officers failed on a party-line vote Saturday. Trump is now saying he doesn’t even want a deal with Democrats unless the Senate passes the SAVE America Act, which would require voters nationwide to provide proof of citizenship and force states to hand over their voter data to the Department of Homeland Security in order to screen for undocumented immigrants. U.S. Sen. Jack Reed on Monday said the president’s post shows Trump is ultimately responsible for TSA officers not getting their paychecks in a statement released by his office “No matter what Democrats offer — and we’ve already proposed paying TSA more than 10 times that Republicans have objected to — Trump will not allow a TSA solution unless Democrats cave on his unrelated, unworkable, and unwarranted voter-suppression gambit known as the so-called SAVE America Act,” Reed said. Reed added that funding TSA and reforming ICE should be “an urgent, bipartisan priority.” This story was originally produced by Rhode Island Current, which is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network which includes Maine Morning Star, and is supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity.