Augusta soup kitchen, food bank expand programs during outbreak

The Bread of Life Ministries Soup Kitchen is offering two meals to customers five days a week during the coronavirus outbreak, while Augusta Food Bank will have weekend food for eligible students while they're out of school.

Central Maine municipalities implement emergency plans

Augusta, Gardiner, Hallowell and Winthrop have all declared states of emergency that allow the municipalities to take quick action to deal with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their communities.

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Employee at Kennebec County District Attorney’s Office tests positive for coronavirus, DA says

Kennebec County District Attorney Maeghan Maloney said the Augusta office has been closed to the public out of ‘an abundance of precaution.’

Maine Revenue Services restricts access to its offices

The agency responsible for Maine taxes is limiting public access at its offices.

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Trump invokes emergency authority to expand nation’s virus testing capacity

As the president invokes the rarely used emergency powers and lays out steps to buoy the economy, markets plummet worldwide.

Advocates call for releasing some Maine inmates as jails, courts try to limit infections

The American Civil Liberties Union has urged governors in all 50 states to release inmates with less than a year left on their sentences.

Commentary: Schools are closing. Ebola taught us why that may be extreme

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Michael Hiltzik: In coronavirus bailouts of big business, here’s what we should demand in return

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