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Three counties in Maine continue to have “elevated risk” of COVID-19 spread, and two other counties are being closely watched, as part of the state’s risk assessment system for schools.

Open enrollment for health insurance on the Affordable Care Act’s marketplace ends in just a few days, on Tuesday, Dec. 15.

The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed legislation co-authored by U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King of Maine, as well as Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska.

Maine’s entire congressional delegation has sent a letter to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, urging his department to communicate with states and be transparent about the new vaccine.

A 27-year-old employee of Jackson Laboratory was killed early Thursday morning while crossing Route 3 to the Lab’s campus in Bar Harbor.

First-time claims for unemployment in Maine jumped upward, to 2,996, in the week ending Dec. 5.

That was a 55 percent increase over the week before. It was also the highest number of first-time claims since mid-July.

About 1,200 Mainers filed first time claims in the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program, set up to help freelancers and others who don’t qualify for ordinary state benefits.

Since March 15, the state has paid out over $1.7 billion in benefits under the state and federal programs.

The Maine Economic Growth Council has released its annual Measures of Growth, a report card of what the state has accomplished economically and what it still has to work on.

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey is joining a coalition of 48 attorneys general in an antitrust lawsuit against Facebook.