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The Maine Department of Health and Human Services says the agency has made substantial progress addressing staff recruitment and retention. But critics say the department, and lawmakers, need to do more.
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Residents will vote next month on an ordinance that would require all short-term rental units to be registered with the town. Properties would have to be permitted and subject to inspections and fees.
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The company is under scrutiny for allegedly moving customers, without sufficient notice, from fixed to variable rates, and allegedly charging rates that caused some customers' bills to balloon by hundreds of dollars per month.
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Jon Hough and his partner Lin Brown had been looking for housing ever since they moved into a short term rental in Yarmouth six months ago.
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About 50 nurses and technicians at Down East Community Hospital in Machias are planning a two-day strike starting Tuesday.
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An insurance group ranks Maine 14th among the 18 East Coast and Gulf Coast states that need to prepare buildings for possible hurricanes.
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A federal court has blocked Louisiana's new congressional map in a case that could determine the balance of power in the next Congress and set up another Supreme Court test of the Voting Rights Act.
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All first responders charged in the fatal botched arrest of Elijah McClain have been sentenced, but questions remain about whether it's changed how Black people are treated by police and paramedics.
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Campus protesters want administrators to sell off investments in companies with ties to Israel. Here's a look at what divestment means — and why universities are saying no.
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In a new interview with TIME Magazine, Trump promises to prosecute President Biden, unleash the National Guard on immigrants and says it's "irrelevant" if he's comfortable criminalizing abortions.
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The Justice Department is expected to propose a new, lower classification for marijuana that would lessen restrictions on the drug. But there's another review process to come.
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