Wednesday, May 22, 2013
The Maine Hospital Association supports both ideas, but Republicans say they're ready to block the bill if the two concepts aren't considered separately.
Hospital payback, Medicaid expansion hinge on LePage
Ibragim Todashev, a mixed martial-arts fighter, was fatally shot after lunging with a knife at an FBI agent who was questioning him at his Florida townhouse, police say.
USA Telephone has been planning to end its service next month, but Fairpoint shuts down the transmission lines USA used because the company stopped paying to use them.
Lois Lerner, who heads the office that decides whether groups qualify for tax exemptions, invoked her Fifth Amendment right to not answer questions.
Who else has taken the 5th? Baseball star, banker, more
Official: Treasury played no role in IRS targeting
It's all downhill from here for state Sen. Dawn Hill...
In an ultra-bloody daylight attack, two men with butcher knives hacked another man to death near a military barracks.
Authorities also release the identities of some of the 24 people, including 10 children, who perished in the storm.
Two infants among 10 children killed by tornado
One block: How neighbors saw twister's deadly path
Oklahoma teachers saved lives, witnesses say
VIDEO: Tearful reunions at elementary school
Rodney Bouffard will replace Patricia Barnhart, who was fired earlier this year.
The mortgage lender for the 61-acre property placed the highest bid.
But the judge tells the jurors to continue trying to work through their differences, or else a new jury will have to be seated.
The latest gambling bill would have allowed 5,000 video slot machines and 150 table games at a single facility.
WGAN news radio is ranked as the 20th best station in the country.
Courtroom surprise: Stabbing suspect freed / Three Aroostook residents charged with making meth / Man arrested following standoff ... and more news from around the state.
Mainer wins chance to go on the road with One Direction
Kylie Keene, a 2012 UMaine grad, was selected out of hundreds of applicants to be the Nabisco 1D VIP Tour Correspondent, who will follow the band in major cities.
Coach K returning to U.S. men's team
Mike Krzyzewski will try to lead the U.S. men's Olympic basketball team to a third straight gold medal, a source with knowledge of the decision tells the Associated Press.
Both versions of the federal farm bill would cut assistance for people who really need it.
N.H. House rejects latest effort to allow gambling
The latest gambling bill would have allowed 5,000 video slot machines and 150 table games at a single facility.
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