Category Archives: State Government

Lincoln County receives 400 COVID-19 test kits for first responders

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Warden Service seeks seasonal deputies

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Skowhegan lifts ‘do not drink’ order

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Pfizer: COVID-19 shot 95% effective, seeking clearance soon

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American Lung Association: Maine leads N.E. in smoking rate thanks to stagnant tobacco tax

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Inmates at Androscoggin County Jail holding second hunger strike

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Maine House Republicans question Mills’ outdoor mask mandate

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Food pantry in Harrison feeding 500 families a week

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Bethel: Judge orders Sunday River Brewing Co. to close again

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Mills releases COVID-19 checklist for indoor activities at Maine ski areas

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Ludlow business promoting gun safety

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Some employers plan to pay Portland’s new hazard wage

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Green New Deal for Portland could add $6M to school renovation costs

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Maine postal workers call for funding stimulus for USPS, end to mail-delaying policies

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New Rumford solar project breaks ground, will start providing power in April 2021

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Oxford County to close courthouse whenever state closes due to weather

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Wilton Select Board approves 4 marijuana cultivators

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Alaskans follow Maine’s lead on ranked-choice voting

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Mainers resist additional restrictions even as state hits second-highest daily case total

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Lewiston assessing protocols after several COVID-19 outbreaks in the city

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Who are Mainers against mask mandates?

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Hermon town office closed temporarily after worker exposed to COVID-19

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Benjamin’s closes over rising COVID numbers, visits by Bangor code official

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COVID positives halt Damariscotta sewer work

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Machias: State acknowledges local COVID testing ‘gap in the map’

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Friends of late activist Jesse Harvey take up fight for overdose prevention sites

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Edgecomb closes town hall due to COVID-19 concerns

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Presque Isle: ‘Click it or Ticket’ initiative to run through end of November

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Near record homelessness in Portland, 539 in emergency housing

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Bangor businesses react to city enforcing state mask mandate

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