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| Orono Man Charged in With Murder in Death of Nichole Cable |
| 05/21/2013 |
Reported By:Keith Shortall
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A 20-year-old Orono man has been charged with murder in connection with the death of Nichole Cable, a 15-year-old girl from Glenburn whose body was discovered last night in a wooded area of Old Town. The suspect is identified as Kyle Dube, but police are not disclosing much yet about why Dube has been implicated. Keith Shortall reports. |
| Maine Police Chiefs Oppose Bill to Do Away with Weapons Permits |
| 05/21/2013 |
Reported By:Tom Porter
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Police chiefs from more than 10 Maine communities gathered in Portland this morning to speak out against a proposal to scrap the need for a concealed weapon's permit. LD 660 is described as an act that would enhance Mainers' ability to defend themselves by "removing restrictions on the carrying and use of weapons." For those tasked with protecting and serving the people of Maine, this proposal has not gone down well. Tom Porter has more. |
| Amendment to Maine GMO Labeling Bill Fails to Win Support |
| 05/21/2013 |
Reported By:Patty B. Wight
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| Proponents of a bill to require labeling for genetically modified foods are expressing relief that a last-minute maneuver by representatives of the infant formula industry to exempt their products failed to win support. The bill has yet to be considered by the full Legislature and members of the Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee are divided about its merits. But as Patty Wight reports, Maine is not the first state where infant formula manufacturers have tried this strategy. |
| Grading Maine Schools Part 2: Two Similar Schools, Two Very Different Grades |
| 05/21/2013 |
Reported By:Jay Field
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| Decades of research has comfirmed that kids from lower income families struggle more in school than children from wealthier homes with more educated parents. Yesterday, we learned about how one school in Northern Maine has been consistently bucking this trend. Presque Isle High School got a "B" under the LePage administration's new grading system. Like Presque Isle, Belfast Area High School, down in Waldo County, has between 500 and 600 students, half of whom qualify as low-income under federal poverty guidelines. But Belfast's test scores are lower, so it got a "D" from the state. Jay Field reports in part two of our series on school grading. |
| Senate Gives Initial OK to Medicaid Expansion, Hospital Repayment Bill |
| 05/20/2013 |
Reported By:Patty B. Wight
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| The Maine Senate voted today to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. It's part of a bill that would pay back the debt owed to Maine hospitals using the state liquor contract. Despite the Senate's approval, the Medicaid expansion is not a done deal, and is being hotly contested along party lines. |
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| Rep. Ken Fredette, Chelsea Ray and Susan Pinette will discuss Franco-Americans in Maine, and their concern for preservation of their French culture and language. |
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