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PublishedJanuary 25, 2023
Maine leaders call for new federal clean car standards
The diverse group wants the Biden administration and EPA to mandate higher gas mileage vehicles in a new round of clean car standards for new vehicles made after 2027 through 2035 to protect Maine's economy, health and environment.
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PublishedNovember 11, 2021
Portland soon could join move to ban flavored tobacco products
Portland would follow Bangor, which last month became the first Maine community to enact such a ban.
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PublishedOctober 22, 2021
Maine CDC urges disposal of Hardie’s crabmeat over salmonella infections
Four Mainers and one New Hampshire resident contracted salmonellosis after eating crabmeat from Hardie’s Crabmeat in Deer Isle, the CDC said.
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PublishedApril 4, 2021
Maine employers navigate complexities of office reopening
Companies would like to start bringing more workers back to the office, but the process is fraught with legal, ethical and health concerns.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2021
Commentary: Vaccine passports don’t have to work to be effective
The United States should develop a system to verify inoculations but not necessarily use it.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2021
State has cited 65 businesses for violating COVID-19 rules. See where they are
Two of the establishments subsequently were awarded state bailout money for which they should have been ineligible.
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PublishedJune 5, 2020
Black Lives Matter protests pose threat of spreading coronavirus
There's concern that three rallies in Lewiston this week may worsen the disease's impact on the already hard-hit new Mainer community.
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PublishedMarch 9, 2020
Maine bill would exempt online charter schools from vaccine requirements
Lawmakers took public testimony Monday on a bill that would exempt online charter schools from a new vaccine requirement that eliminates philosophical and religious exemptions.
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2020
Tens of thousands of Mainers may face exposure to excessive levels of arsenic
Lawmakers consider a bill to spur more testing of private wells and perhaps lower the allowable amount of arsenic in drinking water.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2019
Working-age Mainers dying at a faster clip than in all but a few states
A new study finds that midlife mortality in the state is up nearly 21% since 2010, the result of suicides and drug, alcohol and health problems.
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