Maine reviewing request to remove ‘gender ideology’ from sex ed materials

$Tight rental market keeps domestic violence survivors in shelters longer. Advocates said they could meet only a fraction of the demand for emergency housing, with only 14 percent of eligible clients receiving shelter statewide. Click the image to read this Maine Monitor story by Yasmeen Khan.$

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Maine reviewing request from federal government to remove ‘gender ideology’ from sex ed materials | Spectrum News Maine

After FDA restrictions, some pharmacies to limit COVID vaccines in Maine to people with prescriptions | Portland Press Herald

Police in Maine can no longer guess if someone has waived their constitutional rights | Bangor Daily News

How Penobscot County is working to resolve a $360,000 IRS penalty | News Center Maine

Long Creek detainee accused of trying to coordinate threats, possible murder, of people on the outside | WMTW

Top court upholds MDI workforce housing project opposed by summer residents | Bangor Daily News

State fund expands to help Maine public schools buy more local food | Maine Public

Employers have used E-Verify for years. ICE’s arrest of a Maine police officer raises new questions | Associated Press

Enrollment up for University of Maine System, community colleges | WABI

Over 1,000 weapons seized under Maine's Extreme Risk Protection Order law, officials say | News Center Maine

Maine lawmaker’s initial choice to represent himself delays his domestic violence case | Bangor Daily News

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