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Several environmental groups have filed suit against the Maine Department of Environmental Protection for failing to slash carbon emissions as required by state law.
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Oxford County commissioners say they're concerned about a pattern of troubling behavior by Wainwright in recent years, and are asking Governor Janet Mills to remove him.
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The Maine projects are among 30 coastal restoration awards announced on Earth Day by the White House and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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First suspect charged in new federal investigation into Maine's illegal marijuana growing operationsA Penobscot County man is the first person to be federally charged in an ongoing Department of Justice investigation into illegally grown marijuana. Xisen Guo is accused by the U.S. State Attorney's office of maintaining a drug-involved premises at his home in Passadumkeag.
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The new federal standards will require that a registered nurse be on duty 24-7.
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The saltmarsh sparrow only breeds in salt marshes in the Northeast, and has been in rapid decline since the late 1990s.
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Jared Golden voted in support of a proposal to provide aid to Israel. But Pingree voted against that bill.
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Maine will use its share of $5.5 billion in grants to facilitate single- and multi-family on-site solar programs and support cooperatively owned community solar.
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About 75 people, including more than 2 dozen children, took to Monument Square in Portland on Saturday to call for a permanent ceasefire.
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Dechaine has been serving a life sentence for the killing of 12-year-old Sarah Cherry in 1988, and is asking for a new trial based on DNA test evidence released two years ago.