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The average price of heating oil is $4.83 a gallon, about a 90 cent increase compared to one week ago, and $1.00 more than this time last year, according to the Maine Department of Energy Resources.
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Lewiston, Portland and South Portland all proposed budgets this week with 20 or more staff positions cut. -
As Maine joins the ranks of states with new AI data center projects in the works, the state Legislature considers a temporary pause in permitting. Plus, saving energy by clearing out your digital junk drawer. -
Under the proposal, surviving family members would receive $100,000 — the same death benefit as other public servants such as law enforcement and firefighters.
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While Republican lawmakers continue to accuse the Mills administration of ignoring the issue, Gov. Janet Mills accused the Trump administration of "semi-extortionary" actions during its focus on alleged fraud. -
The state says the changes are required to comply with a federal settlement agreement governing access to community based services.
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Security officers at Temple Israel had "engaged the threat" that apparently started with a vehicle ramming into the building, according to Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard.
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Librarian Jarrett Dapier's graphic novel tells a fictionalized account of real-life events in 2013 that restricted access to Marjane Satrapi's memoir Persepolis in Chicago Public Schools. -
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act would ban large investors from buying up single-family homes. -
The Pritzker Prize was awarded Thursday. "In every work, he is able to answer with radical originality, making the unobvious obvious," said fellow Chilean architect and prize chair Alejandro Aravena. -
A potentially strong El Niño weather pattern will likely emerge this summer and persist through the rest of the year. The hottest years on record generally occur in years when El Niño is active.
Thursday—With measles resurfacing, including in Maine, we learn about infectious diseases of concern and what to do to prevent and treat them
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