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Bringing victim voices to district attorneys
Domestic abuse survivors with Finding Our Voices (FOV) shared how Maine’s criminal justice system is emboldening their perpetrators, and endangering them and the general public in a two-a-half-hour discussion with two district attorneys in Augusta on April 19. Kennebec and Somerset DA Maeghan Maloney and Cumberland DA Jackie Sartoris...
Old Monmouth fire station moved to become new fire house museum
MONMOUTH (WGME) -- There was heavy equipment and a lot of patience Tuesday in Monmouth as an old fire station got new life. The fire station will now become a new fire house museum. Photojournalist David Hill was there as this monumental task got underway. Next to the new museum...
Lewiston police arrest three, seek fourth after College Street shooting
LEWISTON — Police have arrested two juveniles and a 19-year-old man in connection with a shooting late last night and are reviewing the involvement of a fourth individual. Officers responded to reports of gunfire at 84 College St. around 11:37 p.m. on April 25 and found multiple shell casings, suggesting several shooters were involved.
University of Maine System to award 6,175 in-demand degrees
The University of Maine System will graduate thousands of career-ready professionals into the Maine workforce at commencement ceremonies across the state this weekend. One week after the Department of Economic […]
Maine Legislature to return May 10 to address unresolved bills, vetoes
The Maine Legislature is scheduled to reconvene on May 10 to consider the roughly 200 pieces of legislation that remain in limbo between passage and funding, as well as consider overriding legislation vetoed by Gov. Janet Mills. House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Portland) and Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Allagash) announced Wednesday that legislators would return […] The post Maine Legislature to return May 10 to address unresolved bills, vetoes appeared first on Maine Morning Star.
Governor Mills vetos bump stock ban
AUGUSTA-- on Monday, Governor Mills announced she vetoed L.D. 2086, An Act to Amend the Law Governing Disposition of Forfeited Firearms which would've banned bump stock like devices. In her veto letter she wrote "LD 2086, as amended, is apparently designed to act as a backstop in the event the...
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