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PublishedMay 5, 2024
‘Secret courts and secret decisions’: Calls for transparency in Maine’s child welfare system
Do confidentiality rules protect children and their families, or shield government agencies from public scrutiny?
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PublishedMay 5, 2024
Overwhelmed educators have ‘nothing left’ for kids in understaffed schools
Schools across the state are struggling with a shortage of personnel. Some districts — like Lewiston — say they’ve nearly had to close at times.
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PublishedMay 4, 2024
Bowdoin College professors sign letter supporting Gaza protesters
College professors condemned severe responses by universities and police to protests across the country and called on the school to honor a referendum that students are voting on this week.
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PublishedMay 2, 2024
Windham Weaponry reopens with gun orders strong, co-owner says
A year after its founder's death, the manufacturer of AR-15-style rifles has relaunched and its new owners are looking forward to rising sales.
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PublishedMay 2, 2024
State backs lobstermen in urging regulators to reevaluate changes to minimum size
They say increasing the minimum length of a harvestable lobster by one-sixteenth of an inch will prevent them from catching their most popular crustaceans.
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PublishedMay 1, 2024
Portland man pleads guilty to misdemeanor charges from Jan. 6 riot
Michael G. Fournier was charged earlier this year as one of more than 1,000 people who stormed the U.S. Capitol in 2021.
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PublishedMay 1, 2024
Lawmakers return next week to consider veto overrides, leftover spending bills
Maine's Legislature will reconvene May 10 to take up override votes on a handful of bills rejected by Gov. Janet Mills.
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PublishedApril 30, 2024
Opponents of waiting period on gun purchases vow to challenge law in court
Critics of the new law hope to block it in court, saying it is unconstitutional. Supporters of the waiting period are confident it would be upheld.
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PublishedApril 30, 2024
Maine’s wharf owners scramble to repair what they can before lobstering season starts
Contractors are hard to come by amid the mounting demand to repair damage from January storms that battered the coast. Now, many are patching their own wharves, hoping they can hold out until the real work can be done.
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PublishedApril 29, 2024
‘Relatively cool’ year in Gulf of Maine still 5th hottest on record
The average temperature of 52.6 degrees was 1.9 degrees above the long-term average.
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