The $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Fund is designed to partially offset upcoming cuts to Medicaid that were passed as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill.
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Federal bill could ease housing crisis in rural Maine
Towns want and need more housing but say they lack the developers and the money to make it happen.
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Posted inThe Franklin Journal
Farmington Public Library seeks community suggestions
The Farmington Public Library has received $10,000 in grant funding and is seeking suggestions from the community on ways to utilize those funds for the community.
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Real estate market seeing some changes, but inventory remains key to easing
June figures from the Maine Association of Realtors show more homes are on the market, while home prices remain high.
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
Wilton Call Center to stay open, DHHS announces
The DHHS said the decision was made “in response to worker concerns about commuting to Lewiston and the landlord’s recent commitment to improved service.”
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The decline of rural ways
The news that the Boy Scouts of America may go bankrupt should have shocked, but it didn’t. The Scouts are sinking under the weight of payouts to people who as children were abused by Scout leaders. Should the Boy Scouts go under, we would lose yet another social institution that has served down the years […]
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Democrats hold edge in voter registrations, while Republicans go rural
Maine has taken on a somewhat bluer tinge since the 2014 gubernatorial election, as more voters register as Democrats than Republicans or independents. Yet statewide voter registration data reveals a more complicated — and consequential — shift, with much of rural Maine becoming increasingly Republican even as more populated pockets of the state lean farther to the […]
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Rats find rural habitat in Maine to their liking
BANGOR — Rats aren’t just for cities. Residents of rural New England are reporting an increase, mirroring a trend nationwide. Rats are everywhere in nature, but the four-legged invaders tend to thrive on human activity, whether it’s a city or town, said Chance Strandell of Brewer-based Maine Pest Solutions. “It’s a national issue. And no […]
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USDA secretary, Bruce Poliquin hear needs of rural areas in Farmington
FARMINGTON — Representatives of several professions and nonprofit services from Maine’s rural counties met Wednesday with the U.S. secretary of agriculture and stressed the need for federal support for high-speed internet access, telehealth services and fighting opioid addiction. USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue and U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-Maine, participated in the discussion at Franklin Memorial […]
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Poliquin looks to assist rural domestic violence victims
Two U.S. House members — a Maine Republican and a Texas Democrat — are teaming up to push a new measure that would make it easier for some women in rural areas who are victims of domestic violence to access safe housing. U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, who represents Maine’s 2nd District, said adding the rural […]