AUGUSTA — Maine’s Gambling Control Board will likely approve a request from Penn National Gaming Inc. to allow Sunday morning hours at Bangor’s Hollywood Slots Hotel and Raceway, despite the …
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BANGOR, Maine — The recently formed state Board of Corrections, charged with allocating funding for state prisons and county jails, hopes to receive word soon on the status of $1.5 million set aside in the governor’s supplemental budget.
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AUGUSTA, Maine — Taxes on tobacco products should be increased to discourage their use, the American Lung Association of Maine urged as it released its annual “report card” on tobacco use in the state.
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HARRINGTON, Maine — After nearly two hours of questions, the Regionalization Planning Committee representing 10 western Washington County towns voted Monday evening to consider another option for reorganizing their school administrations.
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1/14/09
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AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. John Baldacci has asked the Transportation Committee to approve an executive order that would divide Sears Island into areas suitable for both port development and conservation.
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AUGUSTA, Maine — Anti-smoking activists say Maine’s once-perfect rating continues to slip, as it gives the state a mix of grades for its tobacco-control efforts.
In its rating for 2008, the …
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AUGUSTA, Maine — A state senator from Hancock County is sponsoring a bill to allow gay couples to marry in Maine.
Sen. Dennis S. Damon, D-Trenton, announced at a press conference this afternoon …
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GRAND LAKE STREAM, Maine — Although state officials are expected to slash programs to meet targeted budget cuts, salmon at the Grand Lake Stream Fish Hatchery have been given a reprieve.
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The Baldacci administration is proposing to merge four state agencies that handle natural resources issues into one as a way to cut administrative costs and improve efficiency.
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AUGUSTA, Maine — The first few hundred Mainers start to exhaust federal extended unemployment benefits this week and the number will grow rapidly in the next few weeks.
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AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. John Baldacci on Friday unveiled an austere two-year state budget that includes plenty of pain for everyone and guarantees lively debate in the State House in the months ahead.
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By Glen Adams, The Associated Press
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1/10/09
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AUGUSTA, Maine — Concerned residents and public officials urged the State Planning Office on Friday to be more transparent when considering changes to the way that Juniper Ridge Landfill in West Old Town is run.
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AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. John Baldacci on Friday unveiled an historically austere two-year state budget that includes plenty of pain for everyone.
The $6.1 billion state spending package proposes …
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AUGUSTA, Maine — Despite hard economic times that threaten deep cuts in state programs and services, Maine legislators are getting cost-of-living pay increases for their work this year.
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By Glenn Adams, The Associated Press
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1/9/09
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AUGUSTA, Maine — A state entity charged with helping to provide funds for rural broadband development projects on Thursday upheld its earlier decision to commit more than half a million dollars to a project in Washington County.
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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Gov. John Baldacci and his Cabinet will be on hand today for the unveiling of the proposed two-year state budget that’s expected to call for deep cuts to Maine programs and services.
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