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PublishedDecember 8, 2021
With EMTs in short supply, ambulance services in rural Maine want state to come to the rescue
A shortage of EMTs and paramedics has left rural ambulance services in dire shape, EMS professionals say, and it's time for the state to step in and help.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2021
Long-term state revenue projections ‘volatile,’ Maine lawmakers told
The words of caution come as the Legislature prepares to debate what it should do with $822 million in additional revenue being projected for the current two-year budget.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2021
Jim Fossel: Maine budget surplus presents an opportunity
The projected $800 million can be used ideally to simplify our tax system, or at least to bolster the rainy day fund and invest in infrastructure.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2021
Friends wish former Westbrook Mayor Bill O’Gara a happy 90th
O'Gara, who is also a former state legislator, is honored Saturday with a drive-by birthday of cars, pickups and firetrucks.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2021
Eliminating single-family zoning among ways to increase housing opportunity, state commission says
Recommendations from the Commission to Increase Housing Opportunities in Maine by Studying Zoning and Land Use Restrictions include eliminating single-family zoning, allowing in-law apartments as a matter of right and removing municipal growth caps.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2021
Maine lawmaker who flouted pandemic rules resigns after wife’s COVID-19 death
State Rep. Chris Johansen, R-Monticello, contracted COVID-19 this summer along with his wife, Cindy, who later died from the virus.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2021
Our View: Use Maine’s surplus to help those still hurting
The state still has more work to do to repair the damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic aftershocks.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2021
Maine Voices: Mills should stress action, not words, in committing to tribal sovereignty
The Maine governor’s latest Indigenous Peoples’ Day message highlighted incremental fixes that don’t effect systemic change.
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PublishedNovember 23, 2021
Economic growth, federal funds drive increase in state revenues
Gov. Mills says she will propose using some of the added revenue to help Mainers struggling with increased costs of electricity, home heating fuels, gas at the pump, and other necessities.
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PublishedNovember 23, 2021
Maine DEP suspends construction license for $1 billion power line
The license will be reinstated if the New England Clean Energy Connect project's developer wins its legal fights over state land or a pending statutory ban.
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