Carol Bousquet
On-Air Host and Producer at Maine Public Broadcasting Network
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1 week ago |
bangordailynews.com | Carol Bousquet
While the G7 summit got underway in Alberta, Canada, Northeastern governors and eastern Canadian premiers converged on Boston on Monday to take up trade wars and other issues that threaten to divide them. The summit focused on building alliances through shared resources and partnerships. The trade war between Canada and the U.S. was top of mind. Maine Gov. Janet Mills said tariffs on Canadian goods are taking a toll in Maine.
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1 week ago |
mainepublic.org | Carol Bousquet
While the G7 summit got underway in Alberta, Canada, Northeastern governors and eastern Canadian premiers converged on Boston Monday to take up trade wars and other issues that threaten to divide them. The summit focused on building alliances through shared resources and partnerships. The trade war between Canada and the U.S. was top of mind. Maine Governor Janet Mills said tariffs on Canadian goods are taking a toll in Maine.
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2 weeks ago |
mainepublic.org | Carol Bousquet
Rain is expected to move into Maine Friday night into Saturday morning, making it the 12th consecutive weekend with measurable rainfall. Meteorologist Derek Schroeter with the National Weather Service in Gray said Maine has received four to six inches more rainfall than is normal since the end of March. "Many cooperative weather observers in Maine and New Hampshire are in the top five for the wettest three-month period that ran from March 11 through June 11," Schroeter said.
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2 weeks ago |
mainepublic.org | Carol Bousquet
More than 10,000 older and disabled Mainers rely on the federally funded Meals on Wheels program for regular sustenance and for company a couple of times a week. Many live in rural areas, below the poverty line, and are homebound. But at a time when demand for the service is growing, its funding has become the target of federal cuts. Volunteers Bev and Phil LeClair maneuvered their car down a quiet lane in Alfred during their Tuesday route.
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2 weeks ago |
mainepublic.org | Carol Bousquet
Maine is one of 16 states that have sued the Trump administration over its plans to allow the sale of forced-reset triggers that make semiautomatic rifles fire more rapidly and to return triggers already seized to their owners. According to the Associated Press, the suit filed in federal court Monday argues that returning the triggers would violate federal law, pose a threat to the public and law enforcement, and heighten gun violence.
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