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The Maine Monitor welcomes three new staff members
The hires by The Maine Monitor and Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting will bolster reporting, development and ...
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The number of mental health providers licensed in Maine is up 60 percent since 2019. It still isn’t enough.
Overall, the total number of mental health providers in the state — including counselors, substance use counselors, social workers, psychiatrists and psychologists — went from 7,494 in 2019 to 12,060 ...
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Dover-Foxcroft stares down massive tax hike to maintain ailing dam
Residents in Dover-Foxcroft could see their property tax bills increase by hundreds of dollars each year if the town commits ...
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Maine’s childhood vaccination rates have benefited from the elimination of nonmedical exemptions
In 2019, Maine passed a law that eliminated religious and philosophical exemptions in response to dropping rates of ...
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Public safety expenses make up largest share of Maine counties’ ARPA budgets
Maine counties budgeted more American Rescue Plan Act funds for emergency services, sheriffs’ offices and county jails.