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The White House announces attorney Stacey Neumann as its choice for a successor to U.S. District Judge Jon Levy.
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More than 95% of school-age children have received all required vaccines. According to the Maine CDC, this is the first year that the state has exceeded what's known as the "herd immunity" threshold since reporting began in 2011.
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The potential contamination is focused on 80 and 85% lean ground beef in both the small and family packs, purchased between April 4-16.
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The law shields providers of reproductive health and transgender care from laws in other states that restrict such care. The bill faced strong opposition from Republicans.
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The governor's original bill left wage enforcement to the state labor department. The legislature amended it to allow farmworkers to sue their employers.
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The proposal received approval from the Maine Senate in early April, but failed to get a vote in the House before lawmakers adjourned last week.
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Several environmental groups have filed suit against the Maine Department of Environmental Protection for failing to slash carbon emissions as required by state law.
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Oxford County commissioners say they're concerned about a pattern of troubling behavior by Wainwright in recent years, and are asking Governor Janet Mills to remove him.
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The Maine projects are among 30 coastal restoration awards announced on Earth Day by the White House and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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First suspect charged in new federal investigation into Maine's illegal marijuana growing operationsA Penobscot County man is the first person to be federally charged in an ongoing Department of Justice investigation into illegally grown marijuana. Xisen Guo is accused by the U.S. State Attorney's office of maintaining a drug-involved premises at his home in Passadumkeag.
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The new federal standards will require that a registered nurse be on duty 24-7.
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The saltmarsh sparrow only breeds in salt marshes in the Northeast, and has been in rapid decline since the late 1990s.