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It’s been more than 16 months since recreational marijuana became legal to buy in Maine. But you won’t find a “pot shop” in roughly 90% of the towns and cities across Maine because voters or local leaders have yet to embrace the cannabis industry.
What will it take to get more Mainers driving electric vehicles? We hope to find out with our own EV
There are currently only about 6,000, a 90% increase from just a couple years ago but still a drop in the bucket compared to what the state wants to see by the end of the decade.
To store greenhouse gases, Maine looks to protect more than 2 Rhode Islands' worth of forest by 2030
The ambitious 30 x 30 goal is part of President Biden's climate agenda. It's also a target in Maine, the most heavily forested state in the country. And there's cautious optimism the target can be met.
The Center for an Ecology-Based Economy is trying to get ahead of climate change by working on the issues of transportation, renewable energy, shelter and food.
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"The work plan is, over the three years, is literally hundreds of millions more than we've done in prior work plans anticipating these additional federal funds," says Transportation Commissioner Bruce Van Note.
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Officials say staff are unable to keep up with a deluge of daily lab results to process amidst the spread of the omicron variant. To better track the virus, Dr. Shah says that the state will soon expand wastewater testing. -
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Democratic Gov. Janet Mills hasn't made her reelection campaign official, but campaign finance reports currently show she has more than double the available cash to spend on a contest against Republican challenger and two-time Gov. Paul LePage.
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Hospitalizations for COVID-19 are on the rise again, with 411 people hospitalized Wednesday. The Maine CDC reports 2,083 new coronavirus cases and 30 deaths since the holiday weekend.
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On both sides of the abortion debate, activists say this could be the last anniversary before Roe v. Wade is overturned or significantly rolled back.
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Lisala Folau told a local broadcaster about his swimming journey, which lasted more than a day and took him to three islands. Social media users hearing his story are calling him "real-life Aquaman."
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The committee is asking Ivanka Trump to voluntarily cooperate with the panel's investigation. The panel sent her a letter on Thursday.
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New York City's American Museum of Natural History began the process of removing the controversial statue from its entrance on Tuesday night. It will be shipped to North Dakota in the coming weeks.
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J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao stand accused of violating Floyd's civil rights by failing to provide him with medical aid during the May 2020 arrest in Minneapolis.
Thursday—With more students and staff getting Covid-19, we discuss the new wave of pandemic challenges, from testing to quarantines to remote learning—again.
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