All Things Considered
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All Things Considered
3y ago
President Joe Biden is expected to reveal a $3 trillion infrastructure plan on Wednesday, and some rail supporters hope it will contain money for something called the North Atlantic Rail plan ..read more
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3y ago
The heated debate over whether nurses at Maine’s largest hospital should form a union is coming to a head this month, as ballots go out to more than 1,500 nurses at Maine Medical Center in Portland beginning Monday evening ..read more
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3y ago
Even as the number of clinics that offer the COVID-19 vaccine has grown, some Mainers still face challenges getting access. Sometimes the barrier is no internet connection. Sometimes it’s finding a ride. And for some communities, it’s miles of ocean ..read more
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3y ago
Protests over wind energy development off the coast of Maine changed course today. Several fishing boats reportedly circled a survey vessel off Monhegan Island, and federal and state law enforcement responded. Lobsterman Larry Reed posted video on Facebook Monday morning of the Go Liberty, a 150-foot survey vessel, as it appeared to draw near lobster buoys in the water. “He’s gonna tow right though that lobster gear with no concern. He’s got gear out towing, no concern whatsoever for our livelihoods,” Reed said in the video. The U.S. Coast Guard says it sent boats from its Boothbay Harbor stat ..read more
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3y ago
Leases for state reserve lands along the route for Central Maine Power’s controversial power line are under fire in the Legislature and in the courts — putting both CMP and the administration of Gov. Janet Mills on the defensive ..read more
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3y ago
Thousands of people in Maine are getting a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine every day, most at mass vaccination sites. But these large clinics don’t work for everyone — especially those in rural areas ..read more
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3y ago
Across the country, Native Americans have been hit especially hard by COVID-19. According to the U.S. CDC , they've been hospitalized about four times as often as white Americans, and died at twice the rate ..read more
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3y ago
In some ways, farmers are accustomed to uncertainty. The weather, for example, where one brief summer storm can wipe out an entire crop. But the upheavals created by the coronavirus pandemic were something very different ..read more
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3y ago
State, county and local governments are gearing up for a windfall from the federal pandemic relief package that includes more than $1 billion for Maine. For county governments, the allotments could come close to equaling their annual budgets ..read more
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3y ago
Many students have struggled to keep up during the coronavirus pandemic, after schools first closed a little more than a year ago and then most of them re-opened for at least some in-person learning ..read more