The Legislature’s Education and Cultural Affairs Committee heard testimony Tuesday about multiple bills aimed at bolstering the state’s educator workforce.
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Posted inLocal & State, Politics
State budget rancor grows ahead of Thursday vote
Democrats are expected to pass a current services budget this week and postpone any discussion about Republican demands for income tax breaks until later in the session.
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Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
NCAA women’s basketball: South Carolina faces Iowa star Caitlin Clark in Final Four
Clark and the Hawkeyes are next in line as the Gamecocks try to repeat, while LSU faces a Virginia Tech team making his first trip to the Final Four.
Posted inSports
NFL notebook: Lamar Jackson’s best, only option is to stay with Ravens
The price for the 2019 MVP, who Baltimore placed on a nonexclusive tag on, is too high, and his demand for a full guaranteed deal is not one owners are willing to meet.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Uncategorized
After so-so year, Maine tourism industry hopes to grow more in 2023
Tourists spent over $8.6 billion in Maine during 2022, an increase of 10% above the previous year.
Posted inSchools and Education
Livermore Falls area school director concerned with DOE Commissioner’s comments
Academic learning will take a back seat to other needs, such as social-emotional learning, gender/race, and diversity/equity/inclusion, which must be met before the brain can process new short term memory materials and convert them to long term memory, Makin told Legislators March 15.
Posted inCommunity, Uncategorized
Lucas Towers receives Principal’s Award
Lucas Towers, a senior at Spruce Mountain High School, has been awarded the Principal’s Award for his achievements in the class room, on the field and in the community.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime, News
Man who sexually assaulted child gets prison sentence nearly cut in half after initial conviction overturned
An improper meeting between the district attorney and judge resulted in the overturning of Eric Bard’s 2015 conviction. Now, instead of facing 50 years in prison for more than 21 charges, he is to serve 28.
Posted inLocal & State, Times Record
Bowdoinham ramps up patrols in wake of rabid raccoon attacks
Over the past two weeks, multiple attacks by rabid raccoons have been reported, including one that sent a woman to the hospital.
Posted inLocal Elections, Local Government, News, Schools and Education
Farmington voters elect selectmen, school directors
Stephan Bunker, Dennis O’Neil, Scott Erb and T. Will Jones win town elections.