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Maine's lobster industry has largely been spared from the biggest direct hits from President Donald Trump's trade war with Canada. China, however, has placed a 10% tariff on U.S. lobster exports.
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With higher costs and uncertainties looming in the shadow of a tariff dispute with Canada, the Maine Dairy Task Force is asking the state to full y fund supplemental payments program. -
The National Endowment for the Humanities is terminating federal grants supplied to arts councils, museums, historic sites, archives and more according to letters sent on April 2. -
In a social media post, hospital officials said like many rural hospitals, Houlton has seen a declining number of births.
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This week, the sheriff's office said they made two arrests and seized over 1,400 cannabis plants at the property in Harmony. -
Trump posted on social media Wednesday that Collins and three other Republican senators were "playing with the lives of the American people" by supporting a Democratic effort to undo his Canadian tariffs — which were absent from a list unveiled later in the day.
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The lawsuit is the fourth legal challenge against Trump's executive order on voting. The attorneys general argue the order is "an unconstitutional attempt to seize control of elections." -
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg Thursday pushed, once again, the Justice Department to explain its use of the Alien Enemies Act and provide key details and the timeline of the flights. -
Federal health agencies have to slash their spending on contracts by more than a third, on top of the 10,000-person staffing cuts which started this week. -
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