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Franklin County Detention Center has seen an increase in the number of people arrested by the Border Patrol: 70 so far this year, compared to 10 in all of 2024. | Maine Public
Maine legislators are looking at a number of bills aimed at addressing the state's shortage of child care. | Spectrum News Maine
ICYMI: As Maine diversifies, so does its health care workforce. The number of workers in health care in Maine identifying as non-White is up 143 percent in the past decade. | The Maine Monitor
Avangrid, the parent company of CMP, will conserve 80 square miles of western Maine woodland. Land preservation is a requirement in the permitting for the company's transmission line that connects Canadian hydropower to the New England system. | Maine Public
Mt. Abram school district voters will consider a proposed $12.7 million budget on May 22. | Sun Journal
RSU 56 voters will consider a $15.17 million budget that includes a 6.2 percent increase and a number of position cuts. | Rumford Falls Times
Maine has seen a 26 percent drop in Canadian visitors in February through April, as compared to previous years. | Portland Press Herald
ICYMI: Lawmakers are considering a bill that would prevent private equity companies or real estate investment trusts from acquiring or increasing ownership of Maine hospitals until June 2029. | The Maine Monitor
West Paris voters overwhelmingly supported closing Agnes Gray Elementary — repairing and running the school would have cost the town millions of dollars. | Advertiser Democrat
Overdose deaths in Maine dropped 20 percent last year, part of a national trend. | Maine Public
A judge in Maine said that defendants could be released from jail or have charges against them dismissed as the state has failed to provide them with legal representation in accordance with the Sixth Amendment. | Portland Press Herald |
