Local & State
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PublishedJune 3, 2020
On this date in Maine history: June 3
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PublishedJune 2, 2020
Portland charter school grapples with cuts in anticipation of state revenue losses
After community opposition to an approved budget that called for eliminating 4 teaching positions, the school board moved Tuesday to open discussions with the teachers' union.
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PublishedJune 2, 2020
The Virus Diaries: After father’s death, ‘Nothing could keep me from my mother’
Press Herald reporter Meredith Goad details her journey to be with family in Tennessee, including a funeral restricted to just 10 people, after her father died in early May.
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PublishedJune 2, 2020
Federal judge considers lawsuit seeking inmate releases during pandemic
The first hearing in the case was held Tuesday by video conference.
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PublishedJune 2, 2020
Lawyer for Auburn man charged with murder seeks sanctions against prosecutors
James Howaniec says he received 5,000 pages of discovery more than a year after Steven Downs was charged in a 27-year-old Alaska cold case, and has asked for more time to file additional motions.
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PublishedJune 2, 2020
Portland police chief, city manager take a knee with protesters in latest demonstration
The police and other officials make a show of solidarity against racism and police violence against people of color, one night after clashes between police and protesters led to 23 arrests.
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PublishedJune 2, 2020
Sheriff urges protesters, Trump supporters to keep it peaceful for president’s visit to Maine
In a Facebook post, Piscataquis County Sheriff Robert Young also said he was shocked and dismayed by the death of a black man being detained by police in Minneapolis.
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PublishedJune 2, 2020
Inmates sue over state’s decision to cut off and recoup unemployment benefits
Inmates had been given unemployment benefits after their work-release jobs were halted amid the pandemic, and the state is now taking the money back, the suit says.
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PublishedJune 2, 2020
Portland chief and other officials meet with protest organizers to hear grievances
Protest organizers Hamdia Ahmed and Abdul Ali held a virtual meeting Tuesday with the chiefs of Westbrook and Portland police and state and local officials to discuss the mistreatment of people of color that had led to their demonstrations.
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PublishedJune 2, 2020
Groups want salmon listed on Maine endangered species list
A coalition of Maine conservation groups says 'the only viable Atlantic salmon population in the United States is the Gulf of Maine distinct population segment.'
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