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Analyses show aging Maine populationAUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Newly released analyses of census data paint a portrait of a graying Maine population that will have fewer people
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Maine marijuana legalization efforts suffer setbackAUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Efforts to legalize and tax marijuana in Maine have suffered a setback after a legislative committee voted against
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Lobster promotion fees debated at State HouseAugusta may allocate another $1 million for the ad effort.
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Lobster promotion fees debated at State HouseAugusta may allocate another $1 million for the ad effort.
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Maine House votes against creating food sovereignty actAUGUSTA — The Maine House of Representatives dealt a blow to local food sovereignty advocates Wednesday, voting 93-49 against a bill
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Maine Senate sustains veto of school budget billAUGUSTA — Maine lawmakers have upheld the second veto of a bill by Gov. Paul LePage in two days. The Senate on Wednesday sustained
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Maine lawmakers consider $1.1 billion transportation budgetAUGUSTA — A $1.1 billion budget to pay for Maine's highways and other transportation expenses has been presented to lawmakers. The
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Workforce development bill sails through Maine SenateAUGUSTA — A bill that's being heralded as "first-of-its-kind" legislation aimed at closing the state's so-called "skills gap" easily
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Lewiston health insurer reaches agreement with Augusta physicians group to create 1st policyOne of two carriers that will offer policies through Maine’s health insurance exchange has lined up a group of central Maine
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Legislative committee ties Medicaid expansion to hospital paymentsAUGUSTA — The Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee voted largely along party lines Wednesday to recommend that an
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Legislative committee votes against legal marijuana billAUGUSTA — A bid to legalize recreational use of marijuana in Maine was imperiled by a strong negative vote Tuesday in the
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Committee shoots down bill that would allow school staff to be armedAUGUSTA — In another emotionally charged vote, the Legislature's Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee voted down a bill
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Showdown Over Hospital Debt-Medicaid Expansion LoomingAUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Lawmakers have taken a step toward paying Maine's hospitals a $485 million debt for Medicaid services.
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Maine's Hospital Debt: Panel Endorses Plan to Link Payment to Medicaid ExpansionAnother step forward - sort of - for one of the most contentious issues in Augusta this legisaltive session: how to pay of nearly a
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Imprisoned Maine foster mom seeks probation changeAUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A Maine woman serving a 17-year sentence for the suffocation death of her foster child wants her probation
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Augusta Woman Gets Suspended Sentence for EmbezzlementAn Augusta woman has received a four-year suspended sentence for embezzling more than $50,000 from a Hallowell lawyer and using the money
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Augusta woman gets suspended sentence for embezzlingCarmen P. Robillard, 41, embezzled $50,575 from a Hallowell lawyer.