AUGUSTA — A bill that adds staff to Maine’s Bureau of Veterans Services gained final approval in the state Senate Monday on a unanimous vote. The legislation, LD 1612, would also provide tuition to the University of Maine and the state’s community college system for members of the Maine National Guard. The bill combines some […]
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Logjam on funding for veterans bills breaks in Maine House
AUGUSTA — A quiver of bills meant to better assist Maine veterans as well as cover University of Maine and community college tuition costs for members of the state’s National Guard gained unanimous approval Friday in state House of Representatives. The legislation, much of it a result or recommendations from a special commission that examined […]
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Lewiston lawmaker proposes using liquor profits to help veterans
AUGUSTA — A bill before the Legislature proposes using about $550,000 from the $46 million profit the state makes selling $144 million worth of alcohol each year to help Maine’s 140,000 veterans. Rep. Jared Golden, D-Lewiston, offered the proposal Tuesday as part of an amendment that rolls together several recommendations from a special commission that […]
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Maine jail guard loses appeal in inmate dragging
AUGUSTA (AP) — A guard at the Cumberland County Jail who fought the suspension he received for dragging an inmate with two broken ankles 127 feet across a concrete floor has lost his appeal. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that the Maine Criminal Justice Academy Board of Trustees’ decision to suspend Nicholas […]
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Westbrook deaths ruled murder, suicide
WESTBROOK — A new guard at the Maine Correctional Facility shot and killed an emergency room nurse at his Westbrook residence and then turned the gun on himself, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety. According to a news release from the Maine Department of Public Safety, Patrick Milliner, 30, of South Portland appears […]