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New federal data shows Maine’s child welfare agency is moving against national trends

“We’re flooding the system,” said one child advocate, arguing that Maine is failing to keep kids safe not because it is investigating too few families but because it is investigating too many.

Read this Maine Monitor story by Josh Keefe.

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More than a dozen Mainers charged in Jan. 6 Capitol riot pardoned by Trump | WMTW

Susan Collins opposes Donald Trump’s pardons for violent Jan. 6 rioters | Bangor Daily News

Maine among states suing to stop Trump's order blocking birthright citizenship | Associated Press

Maine immigrant community on edge as Trump takes office | WGME

DEP says it won't complete PFAS investigation by end of year | Maine Public

Golden bill would force federal agencies to have offices outside DC | Sun Journal

Physician shortage drives consideration of northern Maine medical school | Spectrum News Maine

New president tapped to lead Northern Maine Community College | The County

What does Prime Healthcare have in store for CMMC? Financial viability, they hope | Sun Journal

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