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Last year, the Legislature's watchdog agency found "lingering concerns" about a hostile work environment and other problems within the small law enforcement agency that investigates fires and carries out inspections.
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The U.S. Postal Service wanted to move services from its Hampden facility to Scarborough as part of a national consolidation plan, a proposal that was widely opposed by the local employee union and Maine's congressional delegation. -
Over the past year and a half, dozens of motivated community members in Rockland have come together to figure out how to better support their most troubled, often most vulnerable, youth. -
In Lewiston Monday, the Maine People's Alliance joined YWCA Central Maine for a Day Without Child Care to highlight the challenges facing Maine's child care industry. -
The Democrat and Marine Corps veteran, speaking during an extensive conversation on Maine Calling, said Hamas must release all hostages before any talk of a ceasefire. -
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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Powerful synthetic opioids and drugs like meth and cocaine still flood U.S. communities, fueling historically high overdose deaths.
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President Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to events on June 27 with CNN and Sept. 10 with ABC News. They're opting out of a plan from the Commission on Presidential Debates.
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Since last October, complaints have included Israeli soldiers firing on unarmed Palestinian refugees and the killing of World Central Kitchen aid workers when Israeli drones fired on their convoy. -
In a statement to NPR, a spokesperson for the retail giant says it is committed to supporting the LGBTQ+ community year-round, not only during the month of June.
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For Noem, "every state is now a border state" including her own where she says some tribal leaders are benefiting from drug cartel activity.
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