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PublishedAugust 4, 2019
USDA opens signup for Market Facilitation Program through Dec. 6
Market Facilitation Payments will be made to producers of certain nonspecialty and specialty crops as well as dairy and hog producers.
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PublishedJuly 24, 2019
Pingree, Collins have different views on Mueller’s testimony
While Maine's Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree says it bolstered the case for an impeachment inquiry, Republican Sen. Susan Collins says she heard nothing new.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2019
Two children to represent Maine at JDRF Children’s Congress
Lydia and Ruby are two of more than 160 kids from across the U.S. to advocate for insulin affordability, pre-existing condition coverage, and type 1 diabetes research in Washington, D.C.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2019
Federal initiative results in 30 overdose death cases prosecuted in Maine
Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge was launched a year ago in 10 regions nationally that had high overdose death rates.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2019
Pingree amendment would require Pentagon to prepare for climate change
The Maine congresswoman teams up with a fellow Democrat from Florida in a bid to require the Department of Defense to consider sea level rise when planning new bases.
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PublishedJune 8, 2019
Farm Service Agency County Committee nominations open June 14
Agricultural producers who participate or cooperate in an FSA program may be nominated for candidacy for the county committee.
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PublishedJune 5, 2019
D.C. Council bill would make go-go music the ‘official music’ of Washington
Born in Washington's live-music scene of the 1970s, go-go earned its name from one of the genre's founders, the late Chuck Brown, who said he was trying to keep people on the dance floor with a beat that "just goes and goes."
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PublishedMay 29, 2019
In wake of Mueller remarks, Pingree calls for impeachment inquiry
Sen. Susan Collins has a more measured response, calling for the U.S. to secure its electoral process from future Russian interference.
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PublishedMay 23, 2019
Reliable Source: We Write the Songs event brings music stars — and tears — to Capitol Hill
Tuesday's event was especially poignant after the recent passage of the Music Modernization Act. ASCAP has been pushing for the legislation — which helps songwriters get fair royalties for their music, among other things — to be signed into law since its introduction in 2017.
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PublishedMay 22, 2019
You’re kidding: Washington cemetery hosts goat yoga among the headstones
The Congressional Cemetery hosted the District's first-ever goat yoga sessions, after the D.C. Council did away with a longstanding no-touching-goats policy.
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