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Maine has some of the country’s highest residential electricity prices, and elected officials are concerned that a surge in data-center power demand might further inflate costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

In fact, not one has ever been elected governor.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Resistance has taken many forms, from the Whiskey Rebellion of the 1790s to Thoreau’s refusal to pay taxes on moral grounds to the 1,400 elected officials who have signed Grover Norquist’s antitax pledge.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Dodds, a former MP, was elected to the Senedd for the first time in 2021 but remained the parliament's only Liberal Democrat.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

I assure them he does exist and is not a crank: cranks do not get elected as Fellows of the British Academy.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton