Hospitals chase financial stability as Medicaid cuts loom

Bankruptcy bill tabled for possible second public hearing. The amended version focuses on stricter county compliance with required audits and possible assistance from the Office of the State Auditor. Read this story by Judith Meyer.

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Maine's hospitals chase financial stability as Medicaid cuts loom | Morning Sentinel and Portland Press Herald

Bankruptcy bill tabled for possible second public hearing | The Maine Monitor

Gov. Mills releases Supplemental Budget proposal | WABI

Maine GOP calls for tax cuts, not checks, to help with affordability crisis | Spectrum News Maine

Maine's newest Republican gubernatorial candidate gets ad help from a megadonor | Bangor Daily News

Maine faces record Lyme cases; new antibody shot could offer protection by 2029 | News Center Maine

ICE demanded Maine sheriff's employment records following his criticism of arrest | Bangor Daily News

We read 750 mentions of Maine in the latest Epstein files. Here's what we found. | Portland Press Herald

Penobscot County secures $16M loan amid budget shortfall | Bangor Daily News

How the Wabanaki coalition is fighting for tribal sovereignty | Portland Press Herald

Portland considering land use changes that would derail controversial Live Nation venue | Maine Public

Maine awarded $48.4M to connect 22,000 homes, businesses to high-speed internet | WABI

Pete Hegseth plans speech at Bath Iron Works next week | Bangor Daily News

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Maine Monitor reporter Kristian Moravec appeared on News Center Maine earlier this week to discuss her reporting on how Evaristo Kalonji, an asylum seeker from Angola who has no criminal record, vanished from South Portland during the recent immigration enforcement and how he turned up in one detention center, then another. Watch the appearance.

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