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Mayor Receives Backlash Over Tweet about Parkland Student

WATERVILLE, Maine (AP)   A Maine mayor is receiving backlash for a tweet making fun of a Parkland, Florida, school shooting survivor

Biomass Plant Will Receive Subsidy Despite Missing Goals

JONESBORO, Maine (AP)   A Maine commission has approved part of a subsidy designed to keep a pair of stand-alone biomass plants going

Lawmakers Start to Debate Medicaid Expansion Funding

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP)   Maine lawmakers are trying to figure out how to pay for voter-approved Medicaid expansion as tens of thousands of low-income Mainers wait for the state to take action

Portland, Maine, Sues Drug Makers Over Opioid Epidemic Toll

PORTLAND, Maine (AP)   Maine’s largest city is suing a host of pharmaceutical companies over the toll of the nationwide opioid abuse epidemic locally

Police Say Women Found in Car Trunk Died from an Overdose

PITTSFIELD, Maine (WGAN)  State Police say the woman whose body was found in the trunk of her car in early March in Pittsfield died from a drug overdose

Maine Man Accused of Massachusetts Killings Indicted

WOBURN, Mass (WGAN)- A Maine man who is accused of killing his mother and grandparents in Massachusetts has been indicted…

Three Arrested on Drug Charges in Knox County

WARREN, Maine (WGAN)  The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency says three people were arrested Wednesday following a crack cocaine investigation in Knox and Lincoln counties

Police Chief Standing by Decision to Shoot 600-Pound Bull

SKOWHEGAN, Maine (AP)   The Maine police chief who shot and killed a 600-pound bull on the loose says he’s standing by his decision, despite criticism

Petting Zoo is Site of First Reindeer Born in Maine in Years

A traveling petting zoo in Maine says its reindeer has unexpectedly given birth to the first baby reindeer in the state in more than 20 years.

Police: Man Threatened to Blow up State Building on Facebook

Police say a man in Maine who posted on his Facebook page multiple times that he would blow up a state building has been charged with terrorizing.

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The bill passed mostly on party lines this week

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The judge questioned the motivation of the federal request for information on transgender athletes.

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Motorcyclist killed in 3-vehicle crash in Raymond

A motorcyclist was killed in a three-vehicle in crash in Raymond on Monday evening.

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New data show most ICE detainees in Maine immigration sweep did not have criminal convictions

New data shows only a fraction of nearly 200 people arrested during January’s immigration enforcement surge in Maine had criminal convictions.

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A Build America, Buy America law is causing construction delays

It has a catchy name — Build America, Buy America — and the lauded goal of bringing manufacturing jobs back…