Overcrowding at the Penobscot County Jail has been chronic.
Carol Semple
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Trump’s $4.8 trillion budget proposal revisits cuts to food stamps, farmers, Medicaid
He again also proposes to slash funding for overseas military operations to save $567 billion over 10 years but adds $1.5 trillion over the same time frame to make his 2017 tax cuts permanent law.
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High water wreaks havoc on Great Lakes, swamping communities
The Great Lakes are bursting at the seams less than a decade after bottoming out, a sharp turnabout fueled by the region’s wettest period in more than a century that scientists say is likely connected to the warming climate.
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Sharon Carrillo’s sentencing in daughter’s killing postponed
Maine courts, like all state offices, were closed on Friday because of the storm.
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Democrats’ chairman calls for Iowa to recanvass caucus vote
Tom Perez tweets that he is calling for the recanvass in order to ‘assure public confidence in the results.’
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Buttigieg, Sanders nearly tied as Iowa caucus results narrow
Joe Biden is sharply criticizing two of his top rivals, suggesting that Sen. Bernie Sanders is unelectable and that 38-year-old Pete Buttigieg is inexperienced.
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Man charged with 3 counts of murder Down East is held without bail
A 4th person was critically wounded in the shootings at multiple locations.
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Buttigieg and Sanders lead, Biden back in the pack as Iowa caucus results come in
The results reflect 71% of precincts in the state – a day after technical problems marred the complicated process.
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Sen. Collins says she will vote to acquit Trump as senators split along party lines
The final days of the trial have focused attention on a handful of senators in both parties who were viewed as potential votes to break with their party.
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Closing arguments in Trump trial are aimed at voters, history
One centrist Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin, W-Va., suggests censure may be a bipartisan alternative.