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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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Mental health providers in Lewiston will receive as much as $12 million in state funding this year. They say it will help stabilize and expand a system that's struggled to meet the demand for services since the pandemic, and has seen the need grow since the mass shootings last fall.
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Maine has become the second state, after Virginia, to adopt a Mass Violence Care Fund. It's a $5 million endowment designed to provide ongoing assistance to mass casualty victims, survivors and their families.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has told Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine that it will support keeping potatoes classified as a vegetable, instead of a grain.
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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission agreed to keep the existing annual quota of nearly 10,000 pounds of baby eel, which was due to expire at the end of this year.
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Milestone Recovery will nearly double its capacity to 30 beds. The new $3.1 million facility near the Jetport will complement Milestone's current medically-monitored withdrawal program in downtown Portland.
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Some cities, like three in Vermont, allow non-U.S. citizens to vote in local elections. In these places, noncitizen turnout has remained low, as noncitizen voting is a contentious national issue.
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Forget the saber-toothed tiger steaks: a new study published this week reveals that ancient humans also ate their veggies. NPR's Scott Simon marvels at the menu.
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Jerry Seinfeld has the become the latest in a string of public figures to blame "political correctness" for the death of comedy (among other societal ills). But what does the term actually refer to?
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Wisconsin's young voters — who have turned out in big numbers in recent elections — are key for either candidate to win the state. But Biden is facing some skepticism on the state's college campuses.
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A wide region was swamped from Houston to rural East Texas, where game wardens rode airboats through waist-high waters rescuing both people and pets.
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