University of Maine System employees interrupted a legislative hearing on Tuesday to express their financial discomfort from what they consider low wages.
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Franklin County Commission authorizes Emergency Management Agency grant request to monitor two rivers
The overall grant would be $151,400 from the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, in which the grant would pay 75% or $113,550, and the county and unorganized territory to split remaining cost of $37,850.
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Appeal seeks to revoke license of Poppy’s Redemption Center in Jay
Poppy’s Redemption Center is under threat of closing just two months after opening at 246 Main St., according to a post on its Facebook page Sept. 11.
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Senate Republicans again block legislation to guarantee women’s rights to IVF
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine was 1 of only 2 Republicans who voted with Democrats to move forward on the bill.
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Cumberland County resident tests positive for West Nile virus
Health officials believe the resident, who has not recently left the state, represents the first locally acquired case of the disease since 2020.
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Florida to probe apparent Trump assassination attempt, DeSantis says
Ryan Wesley Routh is charged at the federal level with gun crimes, but additional charges are possible.
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Mainers can spot a partial lunar eclipse of a supermoon Tuesday night
NASA officials say the eclipse will begin around 8:40 p.m. and peak at 10:44 p.m.
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Regulators allow $2.5 billion corporate takeover of CMP to proceed without review
The PUC agrees to waive state review of the deal in which Spanish energy giant Iberdrola will acquire the remaining shares in Central Maine Power’s parent company, Avangrid.
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Lawmakers seek to reform Maine’s child disability services in wake of federal lawsuit
A legislative commission has been tasked with finding solutions to improve the state’s under-fire Department of Health and Human Services.
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Zimbabwe and Namibia to cull elephants to feed people facing drought
Both countries say it has more pachyderms than its wildlife parks and natural resources can accommodate.