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Panel Rejects Effort to Combine Gambling Proposals

Efforts by Hollywood Slots and two prospective casino developers to reach agreement on a competing measure to the Oxford casino that will appear on the June ballot have succeeded. But consensus within a legislative panel charged with approving the plan dissolved as lawmakers worry that backing the compromise might create more problems than it solves. The panel's 9-4 vote against an alternative means that the Oxford casino initiative is poised to go directly to the voters, where it will either be voted up or down.

Schools Applaud $41 Million Federal Bond Allocation
Six Maine Facilities Pose Chemical Threat, Greenpeace Claims
Slight Breeze Sets Innovative Wind Turbine in Motion
House Strongly Endorses Drug "Take-Back" Bill
New Concerns Raised About Pike Expansion Proposal
Wind Power Expansion Pits Jobs Against Environmental Concerns
Luck of the Irish: It Was Also Franco-American Day at the State House
Maine Exports Slow, But Poised to Rebound
Meals Tax Debate Erupts Into Dispute Over Tax Reform Repeal
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Haitian Earthquake Response
January 12, 2010

Haiti is easily among the western-hemisphere’s most impoverished nations, life there is hard for a majority of the people without natural devastation, it is untenable without adequate water supplies and safe housing. Please help us help the people the Haiti, we have included a list of agencies and organizations who are mobilizing to help the people of Haiti, please consider a charitable donation.

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