New law may impact reproductive health care access

The Legislature enacted 116 bills on the special appropriations table. Here’s what that means. In less than 48 hours, lawmakers had to decide how to appropriate up to $7 million in state funding for nearly 300 bills. Read this story by Emily Bader by clicking the image.

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Abortion is legal in Maine, but Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ could gut much of the state’s reproductive health care access | TIME

Maine tourism industry worried about U.S.-Canada political tension | Global News

Police crack down on crime with show of force on Lewiston streets | Sun Journal

Maine high court vacates part of damages paid to family of man who died after misdiagnosis | Portland Press Herald

Maine police department to update social media policy after publishing edited photo | Bangor Daily News

Down East drug agents disrupt alleged trafficking network, arrest 3 in Ellsworth | WMTW

Police investigating death of paddleboarder in Union as homicide | WMTW

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