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Maine House Speaker Fecteau tests positive for COVID-19

Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau announced Friday that he tested positive for COVID-19, and will be working remotely.

Maine begins enforcing health worker vaccine requirement

The deadline for Maine to begin enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health care workers arrived on Friday.

Maine’s congressional delegation mixed on support for $1.75 trillion spending framework

The $1.75 trillion package proposed by the president’s administration has gained tentative support from two members of Maine’s congressional delegation.

Lawsuit filed over schooner mishap in Kennebec River

BATH, Maine (AP) A passenger on a schooner that tipped over in the Kennebec River is suing the Maine Maritime Museum.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills gets COVID-19 booster shot

Maine Gov. Janet Mills received her COVID-19 booster on Thursday, and urged others to follow her lead.

Susan Collins casts her 8,000th consecutive vote in the U.S. Senate

Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins has hit a career milestone that even drew praise from Democrat Chuck Schumer: 8,000 consecutive votes in the U.S. Senate.

Maine medical worker fraudulently got boats from federal program

A former emergency preparedness director at Maine Medical Center pleaded guilty to fraud charges for misrepresenting a group he led to obtain two boats and other equipment from a Department of Defense program.

Maine health officials report 572 cases of coronavirus, 6 deaths

Maine’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported an additional 572 cases of coronavirus and 6 deaths on Thursday.

Police aided illegal marijuana operation in Maine, feds say

(AP) Two sheriff’s deputies accepted new cars and an ownership stake in an operation that illegally sold more than $13 million in pot grown for the state’s medical marijuana program, federal prosecutors said.