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5 days ago | 
sunjournal.com | Carl Natale |Joe Lawlor
Gov. Janet Mills has signed a new law that allows health care providers to remove their names from labels when prescribing abortion pills. The law, LD 538, was introduced by state Rep. Sally Cluchey, D-Bowdoinham, who said she has heard from prescribers who say they have been threatened or harassed for prescribing mifepristone, an abortion medication that is increasingly used for abortion care.
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1 month ago | 
sunjournal.com | Carl Natale |Megan Gray
Asha Tamirisa and Carolina González Valencia wanted to create a space at Bates College in Lewiston where multimedia installations could be made and experienced. As they worked with fellow faculty to design the space, they held up an example: “Chronicle of a Fall,” an immersive video project by Nadav Assor and Tirtza Even.
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Jan 30, 2025 | 
sunjournal.com | Carl Natale |Gillian Graham
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
sunjournal.com | Carl Natale |Emily Allen
Maine’s highest court has rejected a man’s appeal that argued he’s immune from prosecution under Maine’s Good Samaritan law. First enacted in 2019, the law was created to encourage people to call for help when they believe someone has overdosed, by providing immunity from drug-related arrests and prosecution. The law has been updated more than once, most recently in 2024 to exclude immunity for people charged with operating under the influence.
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Dec 29, 2024 | 
sunjournal.com | Carl Natale
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
sunjournal.com | Carl Natale
A national conservative group is suing the state to overturn new campaign finance limits approved by voters last month. The Institute for Free Speech filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Portland on Friday, arguing that the citizen’s initiative approved by nearly 75% of voters is unconstitutional. Among other things, the law limits contributions to political action committees to $5,000.
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Dec 12, 2024 | 
sunjournal.com | Carl Natale
Four more men who have been charged in connection with a fatal Portland shooting this summer have pleaded not guilty. The men are each facing two counts of elevated aggravated assault and one count of conspiracy to commit elevated aggravated assault after 54-year-old Susan McHugh of Gray died in an attack in Morrill’s Corner between what police have called rival motorcycle clubs. But police are still searching for a sixth man who has evaded law enforcement for weeks.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
sunjournal.com | Carl Natale
https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/12/10/snow-tracker-snowfall-amounts-from-tuesdays-overnight-storm National Weather Service reported amounts for the latest storm. You are able to gift 5 more articles this month.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
sunjournal.com | Carl Natale
LISBON— Local firefighters responded to a report of a printing press on fire Monday morning. Lisbon Fire Chief Craig Bouchard told reporters the fire at Dingley Press at 119 Lisbon St. was reported at 9:13 am. Initially, one employee was reported missing but they were found safely. No injuries were reported. Bouchard said he didn’t know the cause of the fire yet and didn’t have a chance to assess any damage possibly done to the building. Firefighters accessed the roof for ventilation of the building.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
sunjournal.com | Carl Natale
The measure of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ career as a lifelong public servant, including five consecutive terms as U.S. Senator, could well be determined in the next few months by how she votes on President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees. Trump has already announced his cabinet picks — the officers who’ll be responsible for running the departments of the federal bureaucracy — but they must still be approved by the Senate in its constitutional “Advise and Consent” role.
