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Just past midnight on Monday, February 25, 1985, union workers at FMC’s Marine Colloids plant in Rockland ended their shifts and walked into the frigid night air to take their places on the picket line. For weeks, leaders of the United ...
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Gov. Janet Mills has released an $8 billion two-year budget that increases funding for education and property tax relief, but does not reverse any of former Gov. Paul LePage’s tax cuts for the wealthiest Mainers. The plan also ...
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After long and careful consideration, I have decided to accept a position as the communications director for the Maine AFL-CIO. Sadly, this will be my last week as a reporter and managing editor at The Free Press. It was by far ...
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Former Rep. Paula Sutton of Warren has once again stirred up controversy over an ad that many consider to be racist and xenophobic. In a letter to Sen. Susan Collins — which ran as a paid ad in the Bangor Daily News twice last week . . .
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A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers, labor leaders and fed-up electricity customers is backing legislation that would replace the state’s foreign-owned, for-profit utility monopolies, Central Maine Power and Emera Maine, with a not-for-profit . . .
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The Maine Film Center (MFC) is holding a statewide celebration of the 125th birthday of acclaimed Hollywood director John Ford with 10 days of films, panel discussions and educational programming from February 1 through February 10 . . .
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After only three months on the job, former Maine Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew has left her job as head of the federal Medicaid program to lead Flordida’s Medicaid program in Republican Governor . . .
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Last July, President Donald Trump generated widespread outrage for his apparent willingness to accept Russian President Vladimir Putin’s offer to allow special counsel Robert Mueller to question Russian spies charged with hacking . . .
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The Maine Socialist Party has launched a drive to register at least 5,000 members by January 2020 in order to meet the threshold to obtain official party status in Maine. In a press release, SP Co-Chair Seth Braun decribed the . . .
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A photo snapped of a UHaul moving truck parked at the Governor’s Mansion over the weekend generated cries of jubilation on social media from Mainers across the state
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The Trump administration has delivered Gov. Paul LePage a little parting Christmas gift in the form of a waiver allowing Maine to impose work requirements for low-income MaineCare recipients. However, the plan . . .
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Gov.-elect Janet Mills announced last week that she will nominate former Obama administration official Jeanne Lambrew to head the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. Considered to be a national health . . .
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The Maine Public Utilities Commission voted last week to exempt nonresidential solar customers with larger solar arrays from its controversial new gross metering rules. The PUC granted the request to Insource Renewables . . .
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Gov. Paul LePage’s daughter Lauren LePage has landed a job with the National Rifle Association, according to the Portland Press Herald. The newspaper reports that LePage will be the state director for Maine, New Hampshire . . .
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Opponents of a proposed land-based salmon farm once again showed up to heckle and argue with representatives from Nordic Aquafarms (NAF) at the Hutchinson Center in Belfast on Monday night. Tempers flared as protesters bickered . . .
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Congressman Bruce Poliquin and three of his supporters are seeking an emergency injunction from the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston to prevent the Maine Secretary of State from certifying a winner in the November . . .
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Advocates for a clean energy future convened in Augusta last week to discuss their strategies for confronting what is perhaps the greatest threat facing human civilization at a conference sponsored by the Acadia Center, an environmental . . .
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Belfast City Council voted 5-0 on Tuesday night to rescind two sanctions against Mayor Samantha Paradis after she clarified and apologized for some provocative statements she made two weeks ago. The motion by Councilor Eric Sanders . . .
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Last Saturday afternoon, Nativity Lutheran Church in Rockport was alive with the sound of children laughing and shouting at a little Christmas party held for families served by Knox County Homeless Coalition (KCHC). There were . . .
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Opponents and supporters of a proposed $150-million land-based salmon farm weren’t shy about airing their feelings at a community forum hosted by Nordic Aquafarms (NAF) at the Hutchinson Center in Belfast last week. . . .
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