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PublishedApril 6, 2025
Seasonal allergies getting worse? Blame climate change.
As temperatures rise, plants produce more pollen over a longer period of time. But locally collected pollen counts are on the way to help Mainers with seasonal allergies navigate the worst of the sneeze season.
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PublishedApril 6, 2025
Should transgender athletes be able to compete in high school sports? Here’s what Maine students say about it.
As state and federal officials argue over whether allowing transgender athletes to compete violates the law, we asked students for their thoughts on the issue.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2025
Gov. Janet Mills assails Trump’s tariffs, Social Security layoffs
The governor made the comments while hailing the renovation of an old mill for new housing in Lewiston.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2025
Junior Achievement of Maine to host competition at 8 locations
The 2025 challenge, the biggest to date, will match nearly 300 high school students with over 100 mentors from businesses and organizations across the state April 3.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2025
Maine college students investigate health effects of forever chemicals
But the statewide biotech training program teaching them how to tackle local scientific challenges like this in the laboratory faces an uncertain future because of federal budget cuts.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2025
Social Security workers, union say staffing cuts would gut the agency
They warn that it is already understaffed and that further cuts, including the possible closure of the Presque Isle office, could lead to major disruptions for 355,000 older and disabled Mainers.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2025
USDA halts millions in funding for University of Maine System
The move temporarily pauses the system's agricultural research and programs weeks after President Donald Trump threatened to cut funding for Maine because it allows transgender athletes to compete in sports.
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PublishedMarch 9, 2025
Child care providers say Maine is months behind in reimbursement payments. Lawmakers are investigating.
‘When you have one kid, one spot, who’s not being paid for essentially or not being paid for consistently, you can’t pay your bills,’ said one child care provider.
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PublishedMarch 4, 2025
Federal government announces, then hits pause on, plan to sell 4 buildings in Maine
The federal government had posted a list of more than 300 'non-core' properties slated to be sold that included the US Custom House in Portland and 3 other federal properties across the state.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2025
Maine Basketball Hall of Fame announces 2025 inductees
Eighteen individuals will be honored in August, along with the 1976 Rumford High boys team.
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