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Senator King and a group of bipartisan lawmakers are asking the VA for an explanation and where the cuts will be.
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The proposal was designed to match a federal rule banning devices that can allow semi-automatic firearms to fire almost as quickly as machine guns, but the governor argued that the definition in the bill were overly broad and could include devices used by hunters and in target shooting.
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The bill would ban children under 13 from creating accounts, and prohibit companies from feeding content using algorithms to children under 17.
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Maine Labor for Palestine and Maine Students for Palestine are calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, an end to the assault on Palestinians in Rafah, and institutional and business divestment from Israeli interests.
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Student at the College of the Atlantic are demanding the school divest from companies profiting from the conflict, and issuing a public stance against the actions of the Israeli government. In Brunswick, students at Bowdoin College vote this week on whether the college should take action to condemn Israeli attacks on Gaza.
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While lawmakers will return to the State House next week to take up the governor’s vetoes, the 131st Legislature has already left its imprint on some of the issues and challenges confronting the state.
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Among the six vetoes that legislators will consider are bills that would ban rapid-fire gun modification devices and to increase income taxes on the wealthiest Mainers.
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The Maine Department of Health and Human Services says the agency has made substantial progress addressing staff recruitment and retention. But critics say the department, and lawmakers, need to do more.
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Due to a lack of continued funding from Congress, the last full subsidy was issued in April, with only a potential partial discount available for some customers in May.
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The Maine Republican Party is among a small number of state parties that have included "Defend the Guard" language in their platforms, although no state legislature has adopted the proposal.
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The governor says she was deeply conflicted about the three-day waiting period proposal and that the ban on so-called bump stocks was too broad.
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A Democratic leader in the Maine House says the Pine Tree State should consider changing how it awards presidential electors in order to counter-balance a similar potential change in Nebraska.