Students report improved mental health, less substance use

Only 2 Maine districts make the cut for school construction funds. Schools based in Bath and Frenchville can get state funding to rebuild after both were damaged by fire, while a long list of other schools await funding for construction projects. Read this story by Kristian Moravec.

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Maine students report improved mental health, less substance use | Spectrum News Maine

Federal government offers emergency loans to Maine small businesses hurt by drought | Portland Press Herald

Where Jared Golden’s leftover campaign money is going | Bangor Daily News

Maine joins multi-state lawsuit over Trump administration's homelessness funding cuts | Maine Public (Maine Monitor context: Tracking Maine’s legal challenges to Trump’s agenda)

Government shutdown didn't stop visitors from flocking to Acadia | Maine Public

Brewer’s new leaders worry county budget crisis could slow city’s growth | Bangor Daily News

Portland school staff voice concerns over equity policies, protections for immigrant students | Maine Public

Androscoggin, Franklin, Oxford counties expected to get $5 million from opioid settlement | Sun Journal

33 Penobscot County groups are vying for $400K from opioid settlement | Bangor Daily News

Some foreign tourists will pay $100 extra to visit Acadia National Park under new federal rules | Portland Press Herald

Golden among lawmakers pushing for release of LIHEAP Funds | WABI

Report: Bus driver claims he didn't see the boy before deadly crash in Rockland | News Center Maine

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