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Jake Posik | Maine Policy Institute

Keeping you informed about what is happening inside Augusta with the experts from Maine Policy Institute.

Local Headlines

48 minutes ago in Local

Anthem requests extension of deadline as negotiations with Northern Light stall

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A spokesperson for Anthem insurance says the company has requested that Northern Light Health extend a deadline for reimbursement negotiations.

50 minutes ago in Local

Lockdown lifted at SMCC in South Portland after police respond to person in crisis

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A lockdown and shelter-in-place order has been lifted at Southern Maine Community College in South Portland.

10 hours ago in Local

Portland Police Looking for Man Missing for a Month

Officers did not say where the man was last seen.

National Headlines

9 hours ago in National

US government on brink of first shutdown in almost 7 years amid partisan standoff in Congress

A partisan standoff over health care and spending is threatening to trigger the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven years, with Democrats and Republicans in Congress unable to find agreement even as thousands of federal workers stand to be furloughed or laid off.

1 day ago in National

Trump takes his tariff war to the movies announcing 100% levies on foreign-made films

President Donald Trump says he will slap a 100% tax on movies made outside the United States — a vague directive aimed at protecting a business that America already dominates.

1 day ago in National

Government shutdown draws closer as congressional leaders head to the White House

Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are heading to the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday in a late effort to avoid a government shutdown, but both sides have shown hardly any willingness to budge from their entrenched positions.

1 day ago in National

Police remain on scene at burned out Michigan church after shooting and fire leave 4 dead, 8 wounded

Police officers walked amid the burned out ruins of a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints church in Michigan on Monday, a day after a former Marine opened fire during a crowded service, killing at least four people, then set the building ablaze.