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While lawmakers will return to the State House next week to take up the governor’s vetoes, the 131st Legislature has already left its imprint on some of the issues and challenges confronting the state.
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Their concerns were echoed by U.S. Rep. Jared Golden of Maine's second congressional district. Fishery regulators have said gauge changes are necessary after observing what they perceived as a troubling decline in the juvenile lobster population over a three-year period.
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Two of the sites, encompassing nearly 254,000 acres, are off the Maine coast. The remaining six are located off Massachusetts.
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Due to a lack of continued funding from Congress, the last full subsidy was issued in April, with only a potential partial discount available for some customers in May.
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country.
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The Maine Republican Party is among a small number of state parties that have included "Defend the Guard" language in their platforms, although no state legislature has adopted the proposal.
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President Biden had an unexpected update to his schedule Thursday to address the pro-Palestinian protests roiling campuses across the country.
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Federal regulators, medical experts and safe-sleep advocates have warned of the potential danger of weighted infant sleepwear, but manufacturers say their products have helped millions of families.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson met with a group of Jewish students at Columbia University who say they've experienced antisemitic speech and harassment from protesters on and off campus.
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Former combat surgeons warn it won't be easy to restore medical readiness to where it was during the last war, much less where is needs to be for the next one.
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Voters in Northampton County, Pa., say they remember having more money when Donald Trump was in office. But when it comes time to cast their ballots this year, other issues are at play too.
Thursday—Longtime NPR journalist Peter Breslow discusses his career and stories from his new memoir
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