With costs ballooning, state lawmakers are looking at ways to restructure the state’s General Assistance program to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
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Bath honors ties to Japanese city with torii gate, memorial garden
Bath built a Japanese torii gate and memorial garden honoring citizens of Tsugaru who, in 1889, rescued crew members of the Cheseborough, a Bath-built merchant vessel that ran aground during a typhoon.
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Topsham-area schools host active-shooter training Friday
Schools will be closed on Friday for a simulated active-shooter response training.
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Climate demonstrators call for L.L. Bean to discourage fossil fuel investment
Demonstrators have been stationed outside the Freeport flagship retail store for weeks, calling for the company to discourage Citibank from investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure or to divest entirely.
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Hallowell Pride Alliance complaint citing Fire Department ‘bias’ prompts city probe
In addition to the allegations of bias, city officials are working to address the lack of staffing during parades.
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Natural Resources Council of Maine backs public utility ballot measure
The state’s most well-known environmental advocacy group says that Pine Tree Power ‘offers our best chance to advance the clean energy transition with the accountability, creativity and collaboration necessary to keep costs as low as possible.’
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Wells man pleads guilty to charge in connection with Capitol riot
David Ball, who was spotted wearing a sweatshirt with his company’s logo, faces to up 6 months in prison for demonstrating inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Maine needs 84,000 new homes in the next 7 years, report finds
The study is the first to examine the need for housing both now and in the future, and across all income levels statewide.
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McCarthy becomes the first speaker ever to be ousted from the job in a House vote
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been voted out of the job in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history.
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Question 2: What you need to know about the foreign campaign spending ban
The referendum on the Nov. 7 ballot would prohibit foreign governments and entities they control from spending money on state and local races and referendums. But media outlets warn that the proposal would infringe on constitutional protections for the press.