The first appointees to the Charter School Commission must now nominate four more members.
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Maine housing authority releases salary information
The state agency responds to a Freedom of Access Act request filed last week by the Maine Heritage Policy Center.
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Feds target 16 California pot dispensaries
The move marks an escalation of the conflict between the government and the medical marijuana industry, which is just getting started in Maine.
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Hank yanks ESPN football song for good
The song had been a “Monday Night Football” staple since 1989 and survived the game’s switch of networks from ABC to cable a few years ago.
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Maine food pantries, soup kitchens lose funding
Maine’s U.S. representatives call on FEMA to restore some of the money.
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Prince Harry due in U.S. for combat training
The prince, who is a British Army captain, will fly Apache helicopters in the remote California desert near the Mexican border.
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Census: Housing bust worst since Great Depression
WASHINGTON — New census figures show homeownership over the past decade saw the biggest drop since the Great Depression. The analysis released today by the Census Bureau found the homeownership rate fell to 65.1 percent in 2010, from 66.2 percent in 2000. That drop-off of 1.1 percentage points after the housing bust is the […]
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Obama cites Westbrook bridge in jobs bill pitch
“In Maine, there is a bridge that is in such bad shape that pieces of it were literally falling off the other day.”
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Combative Obama jabs at GOP on jobs bill
He endorses a new proposal by Senate Democrats to tax millionaires to pay for his jobs program and says, “This is not a game.”
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Brunswick toddler found drinking near passed-out dad
Brunswick police say a 2-year-old is found drinking Steel Reserve lager near his unresponsive father at the city’s homeless shelter.