Michael Shepherd

3 days ago | wgme.com | Michael Shepherd

AUGUSTA, Maine (BDN) -- Maine would be the third state to decriminalize small amounts of “magic mushrooms” for personal use under a bill that got through both chambers of the Legislature by one-vote margins this week. The House of Representatives endorsed the bill in a 70-69 vote on Monday that was followed Tuesday by a 17-16 vote in the Senate. The measure faces further action in both Democratic-led chambers, with Gov.

5 days ago | thehill.com | Michael Shepherd |Miranda Yaver

Though President Trump promised a “big beautiful” budget bill, what narrowly passed the House of Representatives in the early morning hours of May 22 will be anything but a big beautiful win for millions of marginalized Americans, and Medicaid beneficiaries won’t be the only ones who feel the pinch. In fact, if passed, this legislation would destabilize the publicly insured and privately insured alike, especially in America’s many rural communities.

1 week ago | businesswire.com | Michael Shepherd

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Living up to the luster of its “Pearls of Wisdom” theme, the 2025 ACG Awards gala captivated a sell-out crowd of business luminaries across Orange County and the Inland Empire who came together to celebrate the top performing middle market companies in the region. The event, organized by the Association of Corporate Growth (ACG) Orange County Chapter, took place May 29, at the Irvine Marriott.

1 week ago | watson.ch | Michael Shepherd |Madeleine Sigrist |Michelle Claus

Video: watson/Madeleine Sigrist, Michael ShepherdJeder kennt sie. Oder zumindest ... so ähnlich. 29.05.2025, 04:5829.05.2025, 04:58Am 29. Mai 2025 ist Christi Himmelfahrt, in der Schweiz besser bekannt als: Auffahrt. Und weil wir alle in der Sonntagsschule waren sehr belesen und gebildet sind, wissen wir natürlich, worum es bei diesem Tag geht, und wir können uns getrost anderen Wichtigkeiten rund ums «Auffahren» widmen. Wie zum Beispiel: dem Auffahren im Lift.

1 week ago | observer-me.com | Michael Shepherd

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News StaffThe Bangor Daily News and The Maine Monitor will welcome a new Report for America corps member focused on a topic we need more reporting on: rural government. Daniel O’Connor will join the newsrooms on July 7 as the first reporter jointly hired by the news outlets under a partnership announced earlier this month. He will work predominantly on the BDN’s politics team and will do reporting projects assigned by editors at The Monitor.