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Facing new spruce budworm outbreak, Maine foresters look to history as a guide

There are questions over how Maine’s forests will fare in a world beset by climate change.

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Trump administration pulls funding from UMaine wind project | Maine Public   (Maine Monitor context: Maine’s offshore wind ambitions: Big ideas tempered by setbacks and competition)

New state summary outlines scope of Maine’s $11 billion school infrastructure crisis | WGME   (Maine Monitor context: Why is building and renovating schools so expensive?)

Backers of Maine's new paid family medical leave law warn against sweeping changes | Maine Public

Maine’s public defense system gets $3.5M boost, without governor’s support | Portland Press Herald

Maine approves rules to restrict solar development on farmland | Maine Public  (Maine Monitor context: Maine’s prime farmland is being lost to solar. Is ‘dual use’ the answer?)

Committee votes down bill to improve Maine DHHS day care payments | WMTW   (Maine Monitor context: Child care providers say the state is months behind in reimbursement payments. Lawmakers are investigating.)

Cybercrime and scams cost Mainers $31 million in 2024, FBI says | WGME

Second Democratic candidate enters race for Collin’s U.S. Senate seat | WABI

Maine takes first step toward more accurately tracking efforts to resolve housing crisis | Portland Press Herald

Lawmakers consider bill to strengthen Wabanaki studies in schools statewide | Maine Public

Who should handle kids in trouble with the law? Lawmakers return to familiar debate. | Bangor Daily News

Judge orders Energy Department to pause research funding changes for UMaine, other schools | Portland Press Herald

More schools closed in first few months of 2025 than all of 2024 | Maine Public

Pingree introduces bill to help farms survive and significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from farming | Civil Eats

As Trump administration targets higher education, Maine colleges worry endowments are next | Portland Press Herald

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