Economists say Maine's housing shortage is impacting workforce

Maine towns are experimenting with AI without policies to govern its use. Officials across Maine are beginning to experiment with AI despite few policies to guide them amid questions about accuracy, bias and privacy. Click the image to read this story by Daniel O'Connor of The Maine Monitor & Bangor Daily News.

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Maine high court justice should be publicly reprimanded, state committee reaffirms | Bangor Daily News (Maine Monitor context: Maine lawmakers want to examine how judges are disciplined. The judicial branch says that isn’t their call.)

Economists say Maine's housing shortage is impacting workforce migration to the state | Maine Public

Mills mum on reports that she is interviewing staff for a Senate campaign | Portland Press Herald

Maine Supreme Judicial Court hears arguments in lawsuit over Popham Beach access | Maine Public

State takeover of newborn services worries nurses in Maine’s poorest county | Bangor Daily News

Mills concerned over future of federal education funding | Spectrum News Maine (Maine Monitor context: How much federal education funding is at risk in Maine? Here are four charts that break it down.)

Transportation company that filed for bankruptcy speaks with H.H.S. Committee | WABI

Driver in fatal Flagstaff Lake pontoon accident had just sold Eustis market to victim’s relative | Sun Journal

Washington County’s treasurer steps down in the middle of a budget crisis | Bangor Daily News & The Maine Monitor

Drought leaves Fryeburg residents relying on bottled water | WGME

Maine man accused of stealing $225K from former Senate candidate goes on trial | Bangor Daily News

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