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Maine Medical Center nurses to hold union decertification vote next week
On August 17 and 18, nurses at Maine Medical Center (MMC) will vote...
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Maine has the systems in place to facilitate statewide open enrollment in K-12 education
Support for school choice is becoming increasingly strong and widespread, actually transcending the...
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Bangor reapproves ban on flavored tobacco products
At its August 8 meeting, the Bangor City Council voted 6 to 1...
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Rules released for property tax stabilization program for seniors
A new property tax stabilization program aimed at helping keep senior citizens in...
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Congress is supersizing the IRS. Here’s why that’s bad news for everyday Americans
Americans love their fast-food supersized. But supersizing the Internal Revenue Service? Probably not...
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Opinion: Forces behind anti-corridor campaign employed shady tactics, in Maine and elsewhere
Maine’s Supreme Court is set to rule any day now on an appeal...
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Opinion: Lawmakers must clarify vague mineral mining law on lithium next session
Last October, public interest journalism outfit The Maine Monitor broke the story of...
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Opinion: Initiative to restrict cruise ship passengers ‘not Portland-friendly’
This November, Portland residents will vote on five citizens’ initiatives, four of which were...
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Opinion: Mills’ broadband bureaucracy grows larger with more Biden bucks
Earlier this month, the Treasury Department approved a plan to invest $110 million “to strengthen...
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Halsey Frank: The case against the case against Trump
The chorus calling for Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice...
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Facebook, Instagram posts flagged as false for rejecting Biden’s recession wordplay
Meta’s third-party fact-checkers have flagged as “false information” posts on Instagram and Facebook...
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Public schools are ‘hemorrhaging’ students in major cities. Here’s where they’re going
The new academic year hasn’t even begun and public school enrollment is already...
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Opinion: Property tax ‘stabilization’ program shifts burden to state taxpayers
Starting this August, senior citizens in Maine will be able to freeze their...
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Vaping taxes had lethal unintended consequences, Yale researcher concludes
When the government tries to micromanage the everyday habits of millions of people,...
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Opinion: Mills’ broadband bureaucracy expands with massive infusions of Biden bucks
Earlier this month, the Treasury Department approved a plan to invest $110 million...
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Halsey Frank: Double standard doublecheck
In April of 2020, the Press Herald republished a Washington Post article which covered President...
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Judge rules RSU 22 violated First Amendment in banning parent from school property
A regional school unit violated the First Amendment when it banned Shawn McBreairty...
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2017 mining law prevents Maine couple from extracting lithium on their property
Maine’s laws regulating metallic mineral mining mean a Newry couple cannot extract an...
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Maine unemployment rate at 3 percent in June
According to the Maine Department of Labor (DOL), Maine’s employment rate decreased slightly...
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Government Oversight Committee meets to address flaws in Maine’s child welfare system
In a July 20 meeting, the Government Oversight Committee (GOC) met and further...
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Groups launch ballot initiative effort for paid family medical leave
A joint ballot initiative effort between the Maine People’s Alliance and the Maine...
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Property tax stabilization program for seniors raises concerns for towns and taxpayers
A law intended to stabilize property taxes for full-time Maine residents aged 65...
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Halsey Frank: Labor data dissonance
I completed another plumbing project this past weekend. The toilet in our master...
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Federal COVID aid to states and localities cost $855,000 per job saved
A massive federal bailout of state and local governments during the pandemic had...
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Natural immunity offered more protection against Omicron than 3 vaccine doses, study finds
News reports say the Biden administration is currently weighing a plan that would...
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First Circuit Court resumes ban on lobster fishing gear in Maine waters
Lobster fishing gear is once more banned from a roughly 1,000 square mile...
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Halsey Frank: To go (or not to go) as BoJo goes
I don’t read much fiction these days. I have a limited amount of...
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Maine Legislature and DOE must act on Supreme Court’s ruling in Carson v. Makin
On June 21, 2022, the United States Supreme Court released its decision in...
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Commission submits final report proposing eight changes to Portland’s charter
Portland’s Charter Commission submitted its final report, including eight proposals for reform that...
