The far-flung county with high poverty rates is searching for solutions to a lack of a comprehensive public transportation system.
Steve Ericson
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NASA picks Bezos’ Blue Origin to build lunar landers for moonwalkers
Jeff Bezos’ rocket company has won a NASA contract to land astronauts on the moon, two years after losing out to SpaceX
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Medicaid expansion bill advances in New Hampshire
Four Republicans ended up voting for the Democratic version of the bill.
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Maine may pay lobster fishers to test new gear as whale protection rules loom
A bill would create a ‘lobster innovation fund’ to pay lobster fishing license holders to test new fishing technologies.
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TikTok content creators file lawsuit against Montana over first-in-nation law banning app
The Montana residents also argued in a legal complaint filed late Wednesday in federal court in Missoula that the state doesn’t have any authority over matters of national security.
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More than 30 million U.S. drivers don’t know if their car airbags pose a threat
And because of a dispute between federal safety regulators and an airbag parts manufacturer, they aren’t likely to find out anytime soon.
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Maine fish hatchery agrees to reduce phosphorus discharges
The settlement deals with phosphorus discharged to Alamoosook Lake.
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President Biden approves disaster declaration for December storm damage
The declaration unlocks federal public assistance funding for Franklin, Knox, Oxford, Somerset, Waldo and York counties.
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Maine medical examiners face challenges amid need for autopsies
Maine is increasing the number of autopsies performed annually, but families say it’s still not enough.
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Wheels on the bus still go round and round, even as schools struggle to find drivers
As the problem intensified in Washington County the past two years, parents and administrators have been forced to step up, filling in or taking students themselves.