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PublishedFebruary 2, 2024
Report: Secretary of state received hundreds of threatening messages after Trump decision
In addition to threatening and abusive communications received in December, Shenna Bellows also received an online threat last May warning the Memorial Day holiday would be her last.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2024
Maine officials wary of confusion at March vote over No Labels registrations, new primary rules
Local officials say they're bracing for potential confusion because some voters may have inadvertently enrolled in the new No Labels party that has gained ballot access in Maine and because there are new rules for the upcoming March primary.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2024
Task force calls for reforms to regulate hidden hospital fees
A group, formed in response to a Press Herald investigation, recommends changes to Maine law to address often confusing and frustrating hospital billing practices.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2024
Maine Republicans oppose background checks for private gun sales
The governor's office said Republicans mischaracterized the background check proposal and incorrectly stoked fear that it would lead to a registry of firearm owners.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2024
Maine education chief unveils plan to reform failing Child Development Services
Commissioner Pender Makin lays out a 3-year plan to transition responsibility for providing disability services to 3- and 5-year-old children from the Department of Education to local school districts.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2024
Mills administration to study how state pay stacks up against private sector wages
The administration says it has increased wages 24% in the past 5 years, but union leaders say the pay gap has continued to grow.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2024
How Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce became the focus of baseless political conspiracy theories
'Pop culture people identify with this stuff, they pay attention to it. And that’s what moves politics now. It’s attention and identity,' says one researcher.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2024
Why didn’t Sagadahoc deputies charge Lewiston gunman with terrorizing?
That question was a key moment in a hearing last week before the governor's commission investigating the mass shooting. Police say that even though Robert Card had threatened to commit a mass shooting, it wasn't enough to bring him into custody.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2024
Gun legislation proposals mark a shift for Mills spurred by Lewiston mass shooting
The governor previously opposed background checks for private gun sales, but is now proposing a limited expansion in private advertised sales.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2024
Maine governor seeks to navigate treacherous terrain of gun reform
Gov. Janet Mills' proposal to require background checks for some private firearm sales gives new momentum to an idea that has been defeated multiple times. But political analysts say proponents still will have to overcome Maine's tradition of hunting and gun ownership.
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