Local & State
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PublishedMarch 18, 2025
Maine homeless advocates, emergency shelters call for more state funding
A bill before lawmakers would raise funding for shelters by $5 million, but the Mills administration has said it can't identify revenues to support it.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2025
Rep. Pingree, Maine health care providers and patients say Medicaid cuts would be devastating
A bill that will likely include substantial cuts to the program has passed the House and will be considered by the Senate this year.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2025
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard exempted from civilian hiring freeze
The shipyard is among the 'readiness-centric facilities' listed in the updated directive from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2025
York business owner accused of sending racist texts, withholding pay from South Portland man
The attorney general's office said the messages contained 'racist and anti-immigrant invective and threats of violence.'
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PublishedMarch 18, 2025
Social Security workers say proposed staffing cuts would gut the agency
Saying the agency is already understaffed, the workers and their union warn that further cuts, including the possible closure of the Presque Isle office, could lead to major disruptions for 355,000 older and disabled Mainers.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2025
Third man pleads guilty to stealing property from Bowdoin home where deadly shooting occurred
Arden Shaw was one of three people to face federal charges over stolen U.S. Border Patrol equipment.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2025
Taco Trio has reopened in its original South Portland location
The restaurant has (once again) moved down the block, this time returning to its longtime home in the Knightville neighborhood.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2025
Human scalp seized in 2022 at Fairfield auction house repatriated to New Mexico tribe
The remains were seized from Poulin Antiques & Auctions Inc., where an 'Apache scalp' was listed for sale online.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2025
Groups launch $62M conservation project in western Maine
Four environmental groups are teaming up on a fundraising drive to conserve 78,000 acres of forest along the Magalloway River.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2025
Standish arts center looks to raise money amid uncertain future
The Schoolhouse Arts Center, a staple of artistic life in Standish, is looking to raise $3,000 to help enhance its programming and maintain its aging building.
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