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Governor Mills' vetoes were successful. The highest profile bill would have banned bump stocks and other modifications that allow a semi-automatic gun to fire more like a fully automatic weapon.
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Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife bases the number of permits offered by the lottery on moose population numbers and conservation goals.
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Mainers can now start voting absentee for next month's primary elections. These are the first local elections using semi-open primaries, where voters who are not enrolled in a specific party can cast a ballot in the primary of their choice.
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Maine Gov. Janet Mills has decided not to remove Oxford County's sheriff, after county commissioners petitioned for his dismissal.
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A real estate development conference Wednesday in Portland will focus on housing. Maine continues to suffer from a shortage of supply. Morning Edition Host Irwin Gratz spoke with New Orleans architect Jonathan Tate about overcoming this challenge.
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This week is federal 'Infrastructure Week' and states are getting word about projects and awards that are being funded through the bipartisan infrastructure law that was signed in 2021.
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A federal judge approved the extradition request for Marianne Smyth, a Bangor woman charged with fraud in the UK.
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Senator King and a group of bipartisan lawmakers are asking the VA for an explanation and where the reductions will occur.
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Solar energy exclusively powered about 11,000 Versant Power customers in the Fort Kent region for a period of time last week — a first for the utility, and potentially among the first instances in Maine.
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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.