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Maine health providers are feeling the effects of the Legislature’s failure to approve a funding gap for Medicaid services. | Bangor Daily News
ICYMI: More than a year after devastating storms, communities shift to resilience. Easing climate resiliency challenges is a priority for lawmakers this legislative session. | The Maine Monitor
The cancellation of $1.25 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture funding will pose serious challenges for the Good Shepherd Food Bank, Maine’s largest hunger relief organization that partners with food banks and other organizations. | Mainebiz
The superintendent of the Mount Desert Island Regional School System says the school district was the target of a cyber crime, in which more than $1 million intended for the Bar Harbor school construction project was stolen. | WMTW
Acadia National Park has received word from the Department of the Interior that they will be getting funding for the Island Explorer bus service. There was some fear the federal freeze would jeopardize the funding. | Mount Desert Islander
The newly-formed Maine Farmed Seafood Coalition says it wants to correct misinformation about aquaculture in Maine. | Maine Public
ICYMI: A Trenton daycare owner has been fighting the state to pay her for the services she provides foster children for years. She isn’t the only one who has had trouble. In interviews with more than a dozen child care providers across the state who accept children in foster care, many expressed frustration to The Maine Monitor over long delays in state reimbursements. | The Maine Monitor
Maine’s lone field office for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says it is permanently closed, but the Trump administration maintains the office is open for business. | Bangor Daily News
A Hancock County probate judge has been found in contempt of court again for failure to pay more than $12,000 in child support as well as a $200 interest payment. | Ellsworth American
The Maine Public Utilities Commission is conducting an investigation into whether a rooftop solar project by the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township qualifies for the state's net energy billing program. | Quoddy Tides
Ellsworth school officials say they have been told by the Superintendents Association to plan their budgets with the assumption $1.1 million in federal funds will come through. | Ellsworth American
ICYMI: Maine is getting a new energy code, and it’s a stretch | The Maine Monitor
State police say a double homicide in Farmington in 2023 is now being attributed to a Bar Harbor man who has since passed away. | Mount Desert Islander
Emotions surfaced during the budget workshop hosted by the Lubec school board, during which the budget proposal calling for a nearly 16% hike in the local share was discussed. | Quoddy Tides
TD Bank, which has 35 bank branches in Maine, said it will close locations in Houlton, Fort Kent, Fairfield and Gorham. | Bangor Daily News
Correction: Last week the introduction to this newsletter said that eight Acadia National Park employees who were fired had their positions reinstated. That is incorrect; the employees have not been reinstated, but the park has been given the green light to begin hiring for seasonal positions.
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