Republicans and Democrats on the budget-writing committee are running out of time to reach deals.
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Merrill Lynch will have to pay for misguiding families saving for college
The brokerage must make $19 million in restitution, averaging $164 to Maine fund participants.
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Sidney home invasion, hammer attack land man at least 20 years in prison
Dreaquan Foster, 23, of Providence, Rhode Island, was sentenced Thursday at the Capital Judicial Center after pleading guilty to charges related to the break-in and attack.
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Aubrey Armstrong might not have been the killer, judge finds, but he was involved in Augusta man’s murder
Justice Daniel Billings reaches a split verdict, clearing Armstrong of a murder charge but convicting him of separate counts of felony murder and robbery.
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Closing arguments set stage for verdict in Augusta murder trial
A judge said he will deliver the verdict around 1 p.m. Wednesday following testimony in the case of Aubrey N. Armstrong, who is charged with murdering Joseph Marceau, 31, of Augusta.
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LePage picks 32 communities – including some wealthier ones – for investment incentive
Federal opportunity zones give steep tax breaks to private investors who put money into poor areas, such as distressed paper mill towns in Maine and even sections of Portland, South Portland and Saco.
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Murder defendant’s attorney suggests someone else killed Augusta man
Defense attorney Brad Grant points to Zina Fritze, who later committed suicide in jail, saying she, not Armstrong, participated in the fatal drug robbery.
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Augusta man admits he lied to police initially about slaying of Joseph Marceau
Michael Sean McQuade said he was ‘not getting a sweetheart deal’ in exchange for his testimony against Aubrey N. Armstrong, known as ‘Butter.’
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Hundreds come to Augusta to honor fallen officers, including 2 who died in last year
The name of a Fryeburg officer who died last summer, Nathan M. Desjardins, was added to a wall memorializing those killed in line of duty.
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ACLU, state spar before Supreme Court over Maine’s ban on Medicaid-funded abortions
The ACLU of Maine tells justices that the DHHS is violating women’s constitutional rights by denying funds for the procedure, but the state says no law requires it.