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Local election workers fear threats to their safety as November nears. One group is trying to help
Southwest Iowa's daily newspaper· 5 days agoA top concern for local election workers throughout the country this year is their own safety. A...
Maine missed its chance to pass smarter, simpler gun policy
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIt appears Maine’s legislative session will conclude without any floor debate or votes on perhaps...
Aroostook County opens a new and larger veterans clinic
Bangor Daily News· 2 days agoAfter nearly three years of construction, veterans in Aroostook County can access crucial medical...
Lawmakers representing Lewiston, Auburn reflect on end of Maine's legislative session
WCSH 6 Portland· 4 days agoAs lawmakers return back to their corners of the state after the end of the legislative session in...
Gov. Mills’ proposed savings halved in state budget after objections
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe state budget changes Gov. Janet Mills signed into law this week include savings for the future,...
Maine will receive $62M from EPA to expand solar to low-income households
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 6 days agoMaine is receiving $62 million from the federal government to bring solar energy to low-income...
Labor advocates call Gov. Mills’ veto of her own farmworker wage bill ‘an embarrassment’
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 5 days agoMaine the right to minimum wage has failed, but this time Gov. Janet Mills vetoed her own bill. In a...
Tribal, labor bills among those left in limbo between passage and funding
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 4 days agoJanet Mills signed on Monday. However, more than a hundred pieces of legislation still remain in...
Editorial: Proposed Postal Service ‘modernization’ should be returned to sender
Bangor Daily News· 5 days agoReviewing operations and looking to improve efficiency makes sense, for the Postal Service or any...
Proposal for separate child welfare department dies after Maine House fails to take action
The Lewiston Sun Journal· 5 days agoA proposal to create a standalone department to oversee child welfare in Maine died in the Legislature after the House of Representatives