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Maine doesn’t have a statewide system to track rape kits. Lawmakers are considering a bill to change that.

By Adrienne Washington, The Maine Monitor on Apr 07, 2025 10:23 am
The legislation builds on initiatives to track kits and address backlogs in Cumberland, Kennebec and Penobscot counties.
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Angus King fumes after Trump administration cuts climate change from threat assessment

By Chris D'Angelo, The Maine Monitor on Apr 07, 2025 09:28 am
It's part of a broader effort from the Trump administration to scrub references to climate change from the federal government.
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A guide to Donald Trump’s war against Maine over transgender athletes

By Christopher Burns on Apr 07, 2025 01:00 am
If you’ve been unable to keep up with the firehose of developments over the past six weeks, here are the broad strokes.
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Thousands of Mainers protest Trump in statewide ‘Hands Off!’ rally

By Jules Walkup on Apr 05, 2025 02:29 pm
Mainers gathered in rallies around the state on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump's actions and policies.
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Maine AG joins suit against Trump plan to ‘dismantle’ library, business agencies

By Wendy Watkins on Apr 05, 2025 10:55 am
The lawsuit claims that “dismantling these agencies will have devastating effects on communities throughout Maine and the nation."
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Susan Collins opposes budget framework passed by Senate Republicans

By Michael Shepherd on Apr 05, 2025 06:54 am
Collins signaled her opposition earlier, warning that meeting the bill’s $880 billion deficit reduction target by 2034 would likely require Medicaid cuts.
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Maya Angelou memoir, Holocaust book among those pulled from Naval Academy library in DEI purge

By The Associated Press on Apr 04, 2025 09:57 pm
The Navy said officials went through the Nimitz Library catalog, using keyword searches, to identify books that required further review.
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IRS to cut up to 25 percent of staff, starting with closing civil rights office, AP sources say

By The Associated Press on Apr 04, 2025 09:06 pm
The IRS plans to cut as many as 20,000 staffers as part of layoffs that began Friday.
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Senate takes up a budget plan crafted to advance Donald Trump’s agenda

By The Associated Press on Apr 04, 2025 08:49 pm
Passage of the plan would give Republicans the chance in coming months to muscle a tax cut bill through both chambers of Congress.
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Trump’s tariffs expected to cause 25 percent drop in Canadian tourism to Maine

By Ethan Andrews on Apr 04, 2025 07:07 pm
Maine could try to attract more domestic visitors, Carolann Ouellette said, but there will be competition for those vacationers too.
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