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Maine Could Be the Third State To End Single-Family-Only Zoning

The Pine Tree State is embracing California-style housing reforms. It could run into California-style problems.

Reason

Maine governor signs bill letting tribe regulate its water

Maine Gov. Janet Mills has signed into law a bill that allows the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point regulate its drinking water

The Independent UK

Maine man dies after contracting rare virus spread by infected tick bite

The adult-aged man developed neurological symptoms and died in hospital, the CDC confirmed

The Independent UK

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Supreme Court denies Penobscot appeal over namesake river

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined the Penobscot Indian Nation's appeal in its fight with Maine over ownership and regulation of the tribe’s namesake river

The Independent UK

WYNK THC And CBD Infused Seltzers Now Available In Eight States

WYNK THC & Seltzer now is available in eight states: New Mexico, Michigan and Arkansas recently joined Arizona, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri and Ohio on the roster of states where medical patients and/or recreational consumers can purchase the balanced 1:1 ratio THC and CBD seltzers.

Benzinga

Maine lawmakers taking up thorny issue of tribal sovereignty

Native American tribes in Maine gave up some of their rights to the state when they settled their land claims more than 40 years ago

The Independent UK

Celtics signing Juwan Morgan to multi-year contract

Shams Charania: The Boston Celtics are signing forward Juwan Morgan to a multiyear deal out of their NBA G League Maine affiliate, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Morgan played two NBA games this season for the Celtics and Raptors. He fills ...

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Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed, will be sworn in this summer

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LOCALIZE IT: Story ideas around the Jackson confirmation

After 232 years and 115 other justices, the Supreme Court will have its first Black woman justice. The senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday by a vote of 53-47. Three Republicans — Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine and Mitt Romney of Utah — voted with Democrats…

The Independent UK

Bird flu is killing millions of chickens and turkeys across the US

An outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in chicken and turkey flocks has spread across 24 U.S. states since it was first detected in Indiana on Feb. 8, 2022. Better known as bird flu, avian influenza is a family of highly contagious viruses that are not harmful to wild birds…

The Conversation

LZ Granderson: Stand back, because Lindsey Graham keeps flip-flopping like crazy

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is expected to be confirmed this week after a bipartisan group of senators voted on Monday to advance her nomination. So far only three Republicans — Susan Collins of Maine, Mitt Romney of Utah and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — have said they will support Jackson.…

Los Angeles Times

Storms batter aging power grid as climate disasters spread

Power outages from severe weather have doubled over the past two decades across the U.S. as a warming climate stirs more destructive storms

The Independent UK

Storms batter aging power grid as climate disasters spread

Power outages from severe weather have roughly doubled over the past two decades across the U.S. as a warming climate stirs more destructive storms

The Independent UK

Romney and Murkowksi support Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination

Two Republicans join Senator Susan Collins of Maine in supporting President Joe Biden’s nominee.

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Westward Ho! Maine potatoes travel far after western drought

Maine’s potato growers had such a bumper crop that they've been helping out larger potato states out West

Ballotpedia

Five candidates file to run for U.S. House in Maine

The filing deadline for candidates running for state or federal office in Maine was March 15. This year, five candidates are running for Maine’s two U.S. House districts, including three Republicans and two Democrats. That’s 2.5 candidates per seat, down from 3 candidates per seat in 2020 and 5 per…

Tribune News Service

Sen. Susan Collins backs Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, giving President Joe Biden’s pick bipartisan backing to become the first Black woman justice.

The Guardian - US

Ketanji Brown Jackson to receive rare Republican vote as Collins says yes

Maine senator says she will vote to confirm Joe Biden’s nominee: ‘There can be no question she is qualified’

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Sen. Susan Collins will back Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic bid for Supreme Court

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, on Wednesday announced she will vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court.

The Guardian - US

Biden gets second Covid booster and says US at a ‘new moment in this pandemic’ – as it happened

Biden says Covid ‘no longer controls our lives’ as White House launches new website for virus information – follow all the day’s politics news

The Independent UK

GOP Sen. Collins says she'll back Jackson for Supreme Court

Maine Sen. Susan Collins says she will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, giving Democrats at least one Republican vote and all but assuring that Jackson will become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court

Axios

Susan Collins says she will vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson

The senator from Maine is the first Republican to announce she will back Biden’s nominee to the Supreme Court.

The Independent UK

Susan Collins to vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court

The Maine Senator is the first Republican Senator to announce her support for Jackson.

The Independent UK

Teenage girls arrested on tip from their mothers after video ‘shows them attacking homeless people’

Police in Auburn, Maine said they are now investigating other, similar videos that came to light after the arrests

Ballotpedia

Voters in Augusta, Maine approve $4.5 million in bonds for fire and emergency services capital improvements

Voters in Augusta, Maine approved a bond measure on March 22 that authorizes the city to issue $4,455,000 in bonds to fund fire and emergency services capital improvements and city infrastructure. The vote margin was 71.2% to 28.8%. A simple majority vote was required to approve the measure.

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