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April 22, 2013

Augusta interests make case for Gannett House museum

Augusta City Manager William Bridgeo and Peter Thompson, president of the Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce, told lawmakers Monday that selling the vacant Gannett House on State Street so it can become a nonprofit museum would be a welcome addition to the capital.
Published
April 21, 2013

Maine lawmaker seeks tighter pharmacy regulation

Rep. Sharon Anglin Treat says Maine should learn from the 2012 meningitis outbreak linked to Massachusetts.
Published
April 21, 2013

Pharmacy safety bill goes to public hearing Monday

The deaths of 53 people after a nationwide meningitis outbreak linked to a compounding pharmacy in Massachusetts has prompted Rep.Sharon Treat, D-Hallowell, to put in a bill to strengthen regulations in Maine.
Published
April 20, 2013

State sale of Augusta’s Gannett House faces Monday hearing

A bill that requires the state Department of Administrative and Financial Services to sell the Gannett House “as is” to the Gannett House Project for use as a museum goes before a public hearing Monday.
Published
April 20, 2013

Maine bill aims to teach kids basic finances

Lawmakers say children don’t understand credit cards or how to check bank statements.
Published
April 19, 2013

Augusta senator says State House checkpoint too expensive

A little over a year after security screening began at the State House, Sen. Roger Katz, R-Augusta, is proposing to take it down.
Published
April 19, 2013

Young lawmakers push financial literacy education

A tri-partisan group of young lawmakers is behind a new piece of legislation, L.D. 843, “An Act to Promote the Financial Literacy of High School Students,” that would require high school students to learn how to manage money and debt.
Published
April 19, 2013

Bill aims to protect Malaga’s descendants

Marnie Darling Voter shared personal – and painful – secrets with Maine State Museum curator Kate McBrien . . .
Published
April 18, 2013

Bill would protect state museum’s research, family secrets

A new bill that would protect ongoing historical research from public view was presented in legislative committee Thursday, after an exhibit at the Maine State Museum revealed the painful history of one family.
Published
April 17, 2013

Hallowell’s Pre-Release Center closes, prisoners and staff relocated

Seven prisoners who lived at the Central Maine Pre-Release Center in Hallowell, which closed last Thursday, have been moved to the Kennebec County jail in Augusta.