The district learned about the fraud on Tuesday and has since disabled the compromised payment system, the superintendent says.
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Maine Democrats move to adopt partial budget, with or without Republicans
Democrats have brought forward a ‘continuing services’ budget to fund MaineCare and other core government functions; it advanced out of committee Friday and will go to the full Legislature.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
King and Collins vote to fund government as Senate averts shutdown
In the end, enough Democratic senators decided a shutdown would be worse than the Republican plan and backed Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer’s strategy to allow the bill to advance.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine loses $15M for energy efficiency, heat pump loans
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is canceling $20 billion nationwide in grants and other sources of funding authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
New York man accused of gold bar fraud in Cumberland
The Cumberland Police Department says it received a report that a town resident had been conned into converting more than $100,000 in assets into gold bars and transferring them to a courier.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Body washes up near Portland Head Light
Authorities have not released details on the individual, including a possible cause of death or any identifiers.
Posted inMaine, News
Rumford students sent to hospital after truck strikes bus in Farmington
Four were taken to a Farmington hospital with suspected minor injuries after a bus and truck collided at a ‘very low speed,’ police said.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Maine Senate kills budget deal as parties fail to break deadlock
The compromise deal rejected Thursday would have restored full MaineCare funding to hospitals and other medical providers. Lawmakers will now have to negotiate a new bill.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Maine, other states file lawsuit after mass Education Department layoffs
More than a dozen states filed a federal lawsuit alleging cuts to the U.S. Department of Education’s workforce, including all of the staff at a regional office in Boston, will harm students from public K-12 schools to higher education.
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Backers of offshore wind and an outspoken foe unite against Sears Island terminal
Nearby Mack Point was again cited as an alternative because it’s an industrial site of an energy and port services company.