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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I was ticked at the governor of Maine for not being real cordial to the president.”
— Leland Dudek, acting head of the Social Security Administration, in an interview with The New York Times on his since-reversed decision earlier this month to end a program for Maine newborns.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Weeks after Bangor closed a homeless camp, people are still living there. The city won’t say how many remain or how many have been moved into housing. An inn across the street from the camp being converted to housing for the homeless is weeks from opening.
Maine Republicans filed a people’s veto effort to overturn the $11.3 billion state budget. The bid could cause a state government shutdown, but qualifying will be a stiff challenge for the petitioners.
A Trump administration official said he ended a program for Maine newborns to get back at Gov. Janet Mills. The comment by Leland Dudek, acting head of the Social Security Administration, appears to conflict with his statement earlier this month that he didn’t intend to place an “undue burden” on new parents.
A historic Maine sportsmen’s camp has a new owner after more than a century. The camp had been run by the Maynard family from 1919 until last week when it was sold to the owner of an excavation company who hopes to keep the tradition going with some big changes.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Angus King grills senior Trump official on ‘war plans’ leak in tense hearing
- Where the most snow fell in Maine during Monday’s storm
- Broadway will be reduced to 1 lane starting today for I-95 work in Bangor
- Maine man at center of multiple police standoffs arrested by FBI for online threats
- Aroostook community hires new town manager
- Aroostook officer was justified in shooting at suspect outside store
- Snowplow goes off the road in Lamoine
- New owners taking over midcoast ice cream stand
- Woman dies after Maine crash that killed her daughter and the baby’s father
- Maine hospital will lay off 100 over MaineCare payment delays
- Police identify human remains found in Lewiston bog
- FBI offers $10K for help finding Massachusetts man who disappeared in Maine almost 20 years ago
- Cooper Flagg’s grandma wears custom sweater with his face on it
- Cooper Flagg wins awards for top men’s college basketball player and freshman
- UMaine hockey heads into NCAA tourney with a new weapon: experience
- UMaine baseball needs pitching to improve
- 2 key UMaine men’s basketball players enter transfer portal
- UMaine men’s basketball heads into next season with momentum despite losing key pieces
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Ensuring that these clinics remain open and accessible to all Mainers, regardless of income or location, is not just an investment in individual health, but an investment in the health of the entire state.”
Opinion: Family planning clinics are essential for Maine’s health
LIFE IN MAINE
An Aroostook couple opened a hunting-themed bourbon bar in Caribou. Bucks Bar at the Best Western Caribou Inn marked its grand opening Saturday.
Penobscot Theatre Co.’s artistic director is stepping down after three years. In an announcement, Jonathan Berry said leading the Bangor group “has been an extraordinary honor.”
Meet six of the weirdest animals in Maine’s woods and waters. They might not be cute or bring millions of dollars into the state from hunters, but they are certainly interesting.