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An estimated $25 million in grant funding is being withheld from Maine public schools for six programs supporting teacher development, adult literacy, after-school programs and more.
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There will be robust primaries for the Democratic and Republican nominations for governor. But the races for Maine's 2nd Congressional District and Senate seat are also expected to draw national interest — and money. -
The groups behind last year's ballot initiative have always said that their ultimate goal is to get the campaign finance and free speech issue before the U.S. Supreme Court. -
Despite progress eliminating pipes that discharge mixed sewage and stormwater pollution remains a stubborn problem. -
One child had been declared dead at the scene Friday, after Mollie Egold and her twin three-year-old sons were struck while walking along Hussey Road in Albion.
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The debate over the rollout of Maine's Paid Family and Medical Leave law has reached the state Supreme Court, where justices heard oral arguments today in a suit targeting the state Department of Labor.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Michael Petrilli, head of the education policy thinktank Thomas B. Fordham Institute, about the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle the Education Department.
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The judge's decision vacated a rule imposed by the Biden administration earlier this year to keep medical debt from affecting credit scores. -
Pam Bondi sought to move past questions about her handling of the Justice Department's files from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, as pressure continued to grow for her to release them. -
The Pentagon and U.S. military officials in Europe are working with NATO members to ship more Patriot missile systems to Ukraine and release more munitions that were briefly halted. -
With 101 people still missing after the July 4 flash flood, the focus turns to local lakes, and what may be buried in them.
Wednesday—How have efforts to increase broadband access in Maine panned out? And what does the future hold?
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