Maine ends budget year with surplus

Portland street medicine partnership provides care for some of city’s most vulnerable. “We are 100 percent reaching patients who would not otherwise be reached:” Pregnant, unhoused and struggling with addiction. Click the image to read this story by Emily Bader of The Maine Monitor.

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Maine ends budget year with surplus, upgraded credit rating | Spectrum News Maine

Election officials announce the order of this fall's ballot measures | Maine Public

Penobscot County owes nearly $360K in unpaid taxes and penalties, IRS says | Bangor Daily News

Maine joins states suing Trump administration over intimidation of health care systems over transgender youth care | Associated Press (Maine Monitor context: Tracking Maine’s legal challenges to Trump’s agenda)

Trump says Republicans should 'vote the exact opposite' of Collins | Maine Public

What do we know about murder-suicides in Maine? Not enough. | Portland Press Herald

A medical school could transform Penobscot County, but it faces major hurdles | Bangor Daily News

Fitness executive Ben Midgley will launch bid for Maine governor | Portland Press Herald

Coast Guard says rotten wood and poor inspections led to deadly schooner mast collapse | Associated Press

Maine wouldn’t pay to extradite embattled contractor arrested in Alaska | Bangor Daily News

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