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Maine Presses Pause on Large Data Centers. Will Other States Follow Its Lead?
9+ hour, 22+ min ago (803+ words) Our nonprofit newsroom investigates the biggest threats to our planet, holds decision-makers accountable, and pushes back on climate disinformation so facts stay front and center. Maine is now the first state to pass a moratorium on the development of large…...
Rutkowski misses penalty as Ballymena draw with Bangor
9+ hour, 22+ min ago (367+ words) Ballymena United 0 - 0 Bangor FT Ballymena United stretched their unbeaten Irish Premiership run to six matches, while Bangor are now four league games without defeat after the sides battled out a 0-0 draw at the Showgrounds. The Sky Blues had a fifth…...
Maine voters to decide in November on ban of trans athletes from girls sports
4+ hour, 30+ min ago (15+ words) Baltimore Sun...
The data center boom meets resistance in Maine as lawmakers pass a yearlong freeze
6+ hour, 9+ min ago (695+ words) By PATRICK WHITTLE and MARC LEVY Proposals to slap a moratorium on data centers have been introduced in at least a dozen states, but other than Maine's, none have even passed a legislative chamber. That's as some states struggle to…...
These are the 6 central Maine softball teams to watch in 2026
3+ hour, 33+ min ago (695+ words) The Mustangs are routinely one of the toughest teams in Class C South and were a run away from reaching the South final last season. Numbers certainly are not a problem for the Mustangs, who carry a roster of 18 players....
Maine lawmakers pass nation's first statewide ban on large data centers
15+ hour, 5+ min ago (685+ words) Legislators in Maine on Tuesday passed the nation's first statewide ban on large data centers, part of a growing backlash to the energy-intensive facilities that fuel the rise of artificial intelligence. The measure would block the creation of new data…...
I'm a Maine reporter who went to high school with Graham Platner. Here's what explains his success
14+ hour, 6+ min ago (1070+ words) Students elected the safe candidate, a future chiropractor. But Platner had other outlets for his energy and ideas. Around that time, he skipped school to protest the coming Iraq war when President George W. Bush visited our local airport " and was…...
Maine Senate votes to restrict federal immigration agents from schools, health care facilities
13+ hour, 51+ min ago (138+ words) AUGUSTA, Maine (WMTW) - Maine lawmakers enacted a bill Tuesday that would restrict federal immigration agents from entering schools, hospitals, and state libraries without a judicial warrant. LD 2106, "An Act to Prohibit the Disclosure of Nonpublic Records Without Proper Judicial Review,…...
Does Maine have one of the highest voter participation rates nationwide? | Fact brief
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (184+ words) Maine's voter participation rates have been among the nation's highest in recent federal elections. Maine's average participation rate " based on total ballots cast expressed as a percentage of eligible voters " was third-highest in the country over the past four federal…...
Bangor man arrested in Center Street stabbing incident
6+ hour, 19+ min ago (120+ words) A Bangor man has been arrested in connection with a stabbing earlier this month on Center Street, police said. Officers were called to Center Street on April 11 for a report of a person being attacked with a knife. Police said…...