states diverge on transgender health care coverage

On the other hand, Maine announced last month that it would begin covering transition services under Medicaid, and judges Wisconsin, Minnesota and California ruled that health care providers in those states ca not discriminate based on identity. ... This prohibition against coverage was..

maine could push to change way president gets elected

Maine could push to change way president gets elected. AUGUSTA, MaineMaine's House is breathing new life into proposal to join states pledging to award Electoral College tallies to the popular vote in presidential elections.. ... Now, Maine's proposal faces in..

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a public intellectual in a time of tyranny – brighter world

Fortunately, he did play basketball and basketball scholarship to University of Southern Maine started him down the road to becoming one of North America's most prolific and outspoken public intellectuals.. ... filesusr.com%2Fhtml%2F6dee0c 1cf5b5f15f3630cfe9a884285d5773cd.html Fortunately, he did..

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maine gop governor requests delay on obamacare's medicaid

Maine office has asked for stay on order for officials to implement Obamacare's Medicaid expansion as it seeks to appeal the decision to Maine Supreme Judicial Court.. ... Last week, Kennebec County Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy ordered Maine officials to begin taking..

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Anna Lipinski Of Maine, formerly of Revere Anna I Lipinski of Naples, Maine, formerly of Revere, Malden and Chelsea, died on August 1. ..

oken appeals death sentence again in '87 case

1987, he murdered his sister-in-law, Patricia Hirt, and then drove to Kittery, Maine, where he killed Lori Ward.. ... Even if he wins his appeal, is resentenced and does not receive the penalty, Oken will return to Maine where he was sentenced to life without parole for Ward's murder,..

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states sidestep congress to pass gun safety measures voters want

On Tuesday, California, Maine, Nevada and Washington state will decide on ballot initiatives that would either broaden the requirement, limit the size of ammunition magazines or grant people new avenues to protect themselves from dangerous people with guns... ... In Maine and Nevada,..

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senate race is no longer a republican slam dunk

And  political twists in handful of states including Maine and Nebraska have complicated Republicans effort to take back Senate.  . ... Finally, with the recent unexpected retirement of moderate Republican Olympia Snowe, Maine has been thrust into three way race  between Democrat,..

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CORINTH, Maine -- man who shot two sex offenders to death Maine got their names from the offender registry, Monday, renewing fears that such lists expose ex-convicts to vigilante violence.. But the men were among 34 names Marshall had looked up on Web site, said Stephen McCausland, of..

tribunedigital-thecourant

There are no petitioning requirements in Maine or Arizona clean election laws, and there were not any in Massachusetts law before they repealed it. ... I think that Maine and Arizona laws are great model that Connecticut could have used, and instead Connecticut's law allows ``clean..

states strive toward esea compliance

At least handful of states, including Maine, Pennsylvania, and Nebraska, and local tests in various grades.. ... For example, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, and Texas require as few as five students in subgroup for test scores to be reported to the public others..

court rejects voucher appeal

WASHINGTON — Sidestepping the national debate over school vouchers, Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to take up challenge to Maine law that subsidizes students. ... In the largely rural state of Maine, parents who in school district without school are reimbursed if they send their..

the conservative revolution

By law and another that shielded state institutions, In its last session, for example, sovereign immunity and handed down two rulings one that barred state probation officers Maine from suing the state to collect overtime wages required, including universities, from being sued for violating patents..

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