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National Parks Try To Make Progress On Long-Deferred Maintenance
An Interior Department official said that the most-loved parks are the ones that need help the most.
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What Tribal Sovereignty Means To Wabanaki People
A bill before the legislature seeks to ensure Wabanaki Nations in Maine have the same rights as other tribes.
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Families, Formerly Incarcerated Call For Ending The ‘Torture' Of Solitary Confinement
Advocates are in favor of a bill that would ban solitary confinement in Maine’s prison and jails.
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Beacon Podcast: Good Samaritan Law Least We Can Do To Address Maine's Overdose Death Toll
Personal stories of of Mainers whose friends and loved ones have struggled with opioids were heard by the criminal justice committee.
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Advocates Ask Mills To Negotiate In ‘Good Faith' On Good Samaritan Law
The narrow scope of the law is costing lives because people are too scared to call 911, advocates said.
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Mills Touts One-Time Payment In Address, Glosses Over Housing, Overdose, Climate Crises
The governor proposed using a $411 million surplus to send one-time direct checks of about $500 to an estimated 800,000 taxpayers in Maine.
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Committee Endorses Harm Reduction Bill That Would Raise Clean Syringe Supply Cap
Maine set another record for overdose deaths in a single year in 2021.
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Amid Record Overdose Deaths, Mainers Implore Lawmakers To Strengthen ‘Good Samaritan Law'
The law would protect from arrest anyone at the scene of an overdose in which a good faith effort is made to call for assistance.
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State Committee Warns Maine's Digital Divide Is An ‘Urgent Civil Rights Issue'
A new report details how existing disparities in access to broadband among all marginalized groups were exacerbated by the pandemic.
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Bill To Close Juniper Ridge Out-Of-State Waste Loophole Approved By Legislative Committee
The measure would mandate that the weight of residue disposed of in Juniper Ridge can’t exceed the weight of waste initially generated.
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‘Fatally Flawed': Consumer-Owned Power Proponents Say Mills' Utility Plan Isn't Enough
Mills released a bill she says will provide enhanced tools to hold Central Maine Power and Versant accountable for poor service.
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Amid Anti-Union Campaign, Bates Admin Pressures Student Over Pro-Union Tweet
the National Labor Relations Board is impounding employee ballots in the union election over the college’s push to separate faculty.
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Pilot Program Investigating Discrimination Against Unhoused People May Get Extension
The legislature’s Judiciary Committee voted 8-3 on Wednesday along party lines to grant a two-year extension to the Dignity Pilot.
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Collins Again Pans Biden's Committment To Name Black Woman To Supreme Court
“The idea that race and gender should be the No. 1 and No. 2 criteria is not as it should be,” the Maine Republican told the New York Times.
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Advocates Voice Support For Bill To Lift Cap On Clean Syringe Exchanges
It would prohibit capping the number of syringes that providers can give out to people and rescind a policy known as 1:1 exchange.
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Sen. King Joins Democratic Legislators In Call For Tax Fairness At State And Federal Level
The panel was hosted by Mainers for Tax Fairness and featured King along with state Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau.
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Paying Homage To Late Advocate, Harm Reduction Group Opens Lewiston Syringe Exchange
The "Church of Safe Injection" opened their first brick and mortar needle exchange at 195 Main Street.
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Governors Attempt To Bridge Deep Political Divides In Big D.C. Meeting
The waters were muddied by governors’ clearly divided political views about two major issues of the moment.
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Collins Leaves Door Open For Backing Trump In 2024 Despite Impeachment Vote
Sen. Susan Collins said over the weekend that it's “not likely” she'd support Donald Trump in two years.
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Podcast: Justice Delayed As Paid Family Medical Leave Pushed Back In Maine
Plus: cleaning up Juniper Ridge, the Pine Tree Amendment and more.