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Maine lawmakers turn their attention to campaigning
Kennebec Journal
AP PORTLAND — Maine legislators have turned their attention from lawmaking to campaigning with the close of the legislative session and a third of all seats becoming vacant for November's election. The State House is seen Thursday, May 17, 2012, ...

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Maine gay marriage advocates drum up support - NECN
Sat, 19 May 2012 12:56:38 GMT

Daily Beast

Maine gay marriage advocates drum up support
NECN
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Hundreds of gay-marriage supporters in Maine are going door-to-door and working at phone banks to drum up support for November's statewide referendum seeking to legalize same-sex marriage. Mainers United for Marriage says more ...
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Maine may see rating downgrade - Morning Sentinel
Sat, 19 May 2012 04:01:43 GMT

Maine may see rating downgrade
Morning Sentinel
By Jessica Hall jhall@pressherald.com The outlook on nearly $500 million in Maine bonds was downgraded by a debt-rating agency just weeks before the state launches a bond offering. Moody's Investors Service cut the outlook from “stable” to “negative,” ...
Maine's Outlook Cut to Negative by Moody's on Medicaid SpendingBloomberg
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Maine jobless rate holds steady at 7.2 percent - BusinessWeek
Sat, 19 May 2012 04:53:24 GMT

Maine jobless rate holds steady at 7.2 percent
BusinessWeek
Maine's labor department says the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 7.2 percent in April, which was unchanged from March and down from 7.7 percent a year ago. Commissioner Robert Winglass said Friday that 51200 Mainers were jobless last ...

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Maine education bills gain final passage - Press Herald
Sat, 19 May 2012 13:25:21 GMT

Maine education bills gain final passage
Press Herald
Perhaps the most far-reaching is LD 1422, which changes high school diploma requirements as the first step in moving all schools to the proficiency-based education model promoted by the Maine Department of Education. Other bills that had been awaiting ...

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Maine town honors caretaker of Herbie the elm tree - Seacoastonline.com
Sat, 19 May 2012 15:44:37 GMT

Maine town honors caretaker of Herbie the elm tree
Seacoastonline.com
By AP YARMOUTH, Maine — The town of Yarmouth is honoring the local resident who cared for New England's champion elm. Frank Knight, who died Monday at 103, spent five decades looking after the tree nicknamed Herbie, seeing it through 14 bouts of Dutch ...

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Four local Maine schools receive top nutrition award - Seacoastonline.com
Sat, 19 May 2012 10:29:54 GMT

Four local Maine schools receive top nutrition award
Seacoastonline.com
Heidi Kessler, Let's Go! school nutrition manager at The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center, talks with students at York Village School Friday, May 18, during the school's Bronze Award presentation from the US Department of ...

Maine gov touts cutting taxes, Medicaid, other accomplishments in first 500 ... - The Republic
Fri, 18 May 2012 21:25:59 GMT

Morning Sentinel

Maine gov touts cutting taxes, Medicaid, other accomplishments in first 500 ...
The Republic
DAVID SHARP AP PORTLAND, Maine — Regardless of what critics might say, Republican Gov. Paul LePage has done much of what he promised he'd do, pushing through tax cuts, reducing the state pension fund shortfall, paying back money owed to hospitals, ...
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Maine will soon join federal program to fight illegal immigration - WMTW Portland
Sat, 19 May 2012 10:24:22 GMT

Maine will soon join federal program to fight illegal immigration
WMTW Portland
Maine will be the last state in the country to join a new program designed to help the federal government identify illegal immigrants. The Secure Communities program will take effect in late May. Once the program is in place, the fingerprints of anyone ...

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Maine's highway death toll up for year - NECN
Sat, 19 May 2012 18:34:13 GMT

Maine's highway death toll up for year
NECN
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine's highway death toll is up by more than 50 percent this year over last year at this time. State officials say there have been 47 vehicular fatalities so far in 2012, up from 30 in 2011. The Bureau of Highway Safety says ...

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