Watchdog criticizes Maine’s management of Medicaid funding

With key roles unfilled, is deorganization on the table in Beals? When voters convene for the annual town meeting April 10, Terry Beal, the longtime tax collector and treasurer, will not be a candidate. So far, no one is stepping forward to succeed her. Read this story by Jessica Brockington.

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Watchdog criticizes Maine's management of billions in Medicaid funding | Bangor Daily News

Net-migration went up in every Maine county last year, but some still saw population declines | Maine Public

Number of children in Maine in state custody continues to drop | Portland Press Herald

Susan Collins violated a federal transparency law she helped write | NOTUS

Capitol Police merger advances despite Republican pushback | Kennebec Journal

State senate rejects bill to establish direct state oversight of probate judges | Bangor Daily News (Maine Monitor context: Probate courts ripe for reform)

Maine's first youth psychiatric facility expected to open in Saco | WGME

2 Republican challengers face Wainwright in Oxford County sheriff's primary | Sun Journal

3 co-workers are running against each other in one of Maine's most contested sheriff's races | Bangor Daily News

Mills ups the pressure for permanent free community college in her final year as governor | Portland Press Herald

CMP warns customers that scammers may try trick people into giving personal information | WGME

Amazon plans new distribution hub in Waterville | Bangor Daily News

Maine doubles species covered by wildlife conservation plan | Maine Public

Washington County's Tristan Singh to represent Maine at the Scripps National Spelling Bee | The Maine Monitor

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