The latest request for more funding comes as the state is trying to resolve a lawsuit over its struggles to find enough lawyers to represent poor Mainers in more than a thousand different cases.
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Maine news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine gets $22M to boost development of new wood products
With a decline in employment in the state’s pulp and paper industry, other wood products are being developed to reduce the use of plastics and other fossil fuel-based materials.
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Cash App parent company agrees to $80M settlement
Maine regulators were among agencies in 7 states leading the enforcement effort, which included 48 state agencies altogether.
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Maine’s delegation welcomes Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement
The deal, which has yet to be finalized, calls for a 6-week end to fighting during which hostages and prisoners would be released and additional aid would come to Gaza.
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Fairfield woman charged with illegal drug trafficking
Marissa Grover, 22, of Fairfield was staying in a rental unit when authorities found evidence of illegal drug trafficking activities, officers said.
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Man killed in crash after police chase in Woolwich
Kaleb Halsey, 20, of Bowdoinham, lost control of his Hyundai Sonata while traveling south on Route 128, the sheriff’s office said.
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Biden administration withdraws rules to protect endangered right whales from ship collisions
Conservation groups say the move will leave the North Atlantic right whale — which now numbers fewer than 380 — vulnerable to extinction.
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Augusta firefighter spending his vacation battling Southern California wildfires
Rich Beaudoin is among a group of 20 Maine firefighters helping to fight the deadly flames in the Los Angeles area.
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Maine’s lighthouses added to global list of endangered heritage sites
World Monuments Watch says Maine’s historic lighthouses are threatened by climate change and intensifying coastal storms, like the ones that battered some of the iconic beacons in January 2024.
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Hallowell’s ‘Hopeful’ sign to stay permanently on City Hall
Charlie Hewitt, whose artwork has been displayed in Augusta, Portland, Lewiston and dozens of other cities, offered the sign as a gift.