Bill to provide $45 million in farm funding fails House vote

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Bill to provide $45 million in farm funding fails House vote | The Maine Monitor

Maine high court hears ranked choice voting arguments | Spectrum News Maine

Maine's supplemental budget advances with new tax on millionaires, $300 relief checks | WGME

Mills says she'll back 'millionaires tax' in Democrats' budget plan | Maine Public

Child labor case against Republican escalated after tense meeting with Janet Mills staffer | Bangor Daily News

Maine lawmakers weigh funding for long-debated contractor licensing bill | WGME

A commission spent more than a year studying Maine's school construction crisis. What now? | Portland Press Herald

Bill adding hunting and fishing to Maine's "Right to Food" law gets Senate approval | Maine Public

Maine farmers urge grocery stores to buy more locally-grown produce | WMTW

Labor complaint roils Maine lobstering community built on passing traditions to children | Bangor Daily News

Maine Senate backs bill protecting mail-order prescriptions when deliveries fail | WGME

Hundreds of Maine households impacted by ICE surge have been seeking rental assistance | Maine Public

Straw poll of Wilton voters favors Wilton-Jay police merger | The Maine Monitor

EqualityMaine says Supreme Court ruling not likely to impact Maine law | Spectrum News Maine

RSU 9 draft budget proposes 1.5 percent spending increase | The Maine Monitor

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