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Maine has tried to send fewer teenagers to prison, emphasizing rehabilitation programs instead. But the rural north of the state shows the effort has played out unevenly.
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Graduate student workers are calling on the University of Maine system to negotiate a fair contract with the newly formed union.
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The state revoked the lodging license for all but five of the motel's 128 rooms, finding they were being used for long-term stays. A follow-up inspection by the city found code violations including a cockroach infestation and improperly registered rooms.
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$15 million will go to expand the McAuley Residence Program, which provides transitional housing for women and children in Portland.
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The bill is the latest manifestation of tax tensions between the town of Wiscasset and Maine Yankee nearly 30 years after the nuclear power plant was decommissioned.
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The governor's proposal expands background checks to advertised gun sales while two other bills would impose a 72-hour waiting period on gun purchases and ban "bump stocks." Republicans opposed all three measures.
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Workers are making their concerns public because they say the Department of Corrections has not taken action to remedy the situation.
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Democrats in the Senate gave initial approval to a bill that would join Maine with California in requiring a certain number of hospital patients are assigned to a single nurse.
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A new bill would allow the state to convey the three empty facilities in Biddeford, Sanford and York to local housing authorities for their own redevelopment projects.
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Clinicians are in hundreds of schools across Maine. But providers now warn that the funding behind these arrangements is unsustainable.