Maine Senators unified on the shutdown

These Maine students are sinking to the bottom. Three charts show how steep some testing declines have been. Read this Maine Monitor story by Kristian Moravec.

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‘I don’t know what I am going to do’; 55,000 Mainers grapple with rising health care costs if ACA tax credits end | News Center Maine

Maine Senators caucus with different parties, but they’re unified on the shutdown | NOTUS & The Maine Monitor

Judges order the Trump administration to use contingency funds for SNAP payments during the shutdown | Associated Press (Maine Monitor context: Tracking Maine’s legal challenges to Trump’s agenda)

Jury awards Maine mother $25M in wrongful death lawsuit against Brunswick health provider | Portland Press Herald

Finance director for Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner resigns over difference in standards | WMTW

Yearslong removal Dover-Foxcroft’s historic dam begins | Bangor Daily News

York Hospital announces plan to merge with MaineHealth | Maine Public

Maine’s iconic 207 area code will last until at least 2050 | Bangor Daily News

Lawsuit against Brewer schools contributed to conservative activist’s suicide, court docs say | Bangor Daily News

District attorney meets with Lincoln County officials who voted to defund her department | Maine Public

Maine sheriff’s deputy barred from possessing weapons under ‘yellow flag’ law | Bangor Daily News

After students struck, parents push Bath to bring back crossing guards | Times Record

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