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Maine school administrators worry paid family medical leave will make it hard...
Some Maine school administrators have said the state’s Paid Family Medical Leave, or PFML requirement is making it difficult to staff classrooms. At a Tuesday public hearing on the program, Lewiston...
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Northern Mainers fear they can’t afford heating bills this winter
The community action program that serves Aroostook, Washington and Hancock counties said it is getting up to 200 voicemails a day from Mainers who are anxious about how they will pay their fuel bills...
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Central Maine Medical Center nurses join union in overwhelming vote
Registered nurses at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston voted by an overwhelming margin Thursday to join the Maine State Nurses Association. Prime Healthcare suspended or fired 20 nurses in the...
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CMMC nurses protest what they say is management’s anti-unionization actions
Dozens of registered nurses from Central Maine Medical Center picketed Tuesday against what they say are management’s attempts to stop them from unionizing. CMMC Intensive Care Unit nurse Aaron...
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US-Canada trade war is hurting Maine businesses, workers and consumers
Collapsed trade talks between the U.S. and Canada have resulted in 50% tariffs from the Trump administration on $20 billion worth of Canadian imports. And now Prime Minister Mark Carney is promising...
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Beloved black bear dies at Maine Wildlife Park
Maine Wildlife Park officials have announced the unexpected loss of their beloved black bear, Luvey. In a Facebook post, they said one of her keepers observed her eating and behaving normally...
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Maine’s dominant Canadian imports are not among those targeted by new Trump...
President Donald Trump will in 30 days impose a 50% tariff on a large list of goods imported from Canada in retaliation for what he calls Canada’s unequal treatment of U.S. cars, dairy and alcohol....
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Hundreds rally across southern Maine after fatal ICE shooting
Hundreds of people turned out for a vigil in Biddeford on Monday night to call for justice for a 26-year-old Colombian man fatally shot by federal immigration agents who were looking for someone else....
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Maine’s last sardine cannery closed in 2010. A new company wants to bring...
Make a gift in honor of the good that comes from BDN journalism in your hands, and help raise $60,000 this spring to support our reporting. Make a donation now. The last large-scale sardine cannery...
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Secretary of state says people’s veto of state supplemental budget will not...
The people’s veto of the state supplemental budget will not move forward, according to Secretary of State Shenna Bellows. Bellows announced the wording of the proposed people’s veto Tuesday. The...
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Maine State Chamber of Commerce urges lawmakers to oppose Janet Mills’...
The Maine State Chamber of Commerce is opposing Gov. Janet Mills’ supplemental budget proposal. In particular, the 2% surtax on incomes over $1 million and the depletion of the state’s so-called rainy...
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Portland residents can expect to find red hearts plastered across the city...
Portland residents can expect to find red paper hearts and banners plastered across the city Saturday, evidence that the Valentine Bandit has struck again. Kevin Fahrman was revealed as the bandit...
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Immigrant-owned businesses try to recover after ICE swept their Maine...
When Immigration and Custom Enforcement stepped up operations in Maine on Jan. 20, some immigrant-owned storefronts shuttered. While the surge in ICE raids is now said to be over, many shop owners...
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LifeFlight says increase in number of drones poses risk to pilots and patients
LifeFlight of Maine says its pilots have encountered drones when approaching and departing Maine’s major hospitals in Bangor, Lewiston, and Portland, putting pilots, patients and crews at risk. Mike...
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Maine to get $190M in federal funding to improve rural health care access
The government says the Rural Health Transformation Program is intended to help residents in rural Maine have better access to preventive, primary, maternal and behavioral health services. It comes at...
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Gorham residents air concerns about proposed Amazon warehouse
Gorham residents spoke out against Amazon’s proposal to build a 158,100-square-foot warehouse and distribution system in town at Monday’s Planning Board meeting. Amazon’s local engineer, Chris Taylor...
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Penobscot Nation and conservationists rally against expansion of Juniper Ridge
The Penobscot Nation and Conservation Law Foundation are appealing the state’s ruling that the expansion is in the public benefit. In oral arguments Friday, they argued the project perpetuates...
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New data show Caribou, Bangor among fastest-warming locations in nation
Caribou and Bangor are among 10 locations in the country that have experienced the most dramatic average temperature increases over the past decade, according to the National Centers for Environmental...
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Overdose deaths continue to decline in Maine
Overdose deaths continue to decline in Maine, according to data presented at the seventh annual Governor’s Opioid Response Summit in Augusta Thursday. Gov. Janet Mills said reported fatal overdoses...
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Northeastern governors and eastern Canadian premiers meet in Boston to...
While the G7 summit got underway in Alberta, Canada, Northeastern governors and eastern Canadian premiers converged on Boston on Monday to take up trade wars and other issues that threaten to divide...
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