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Health care reporter @themainemonitor.bsky.social
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The Maine Attorney General’s office has no formal distribution process and says it can respond “quickly and creatively” to urgent funding requests. Read more from @emilykbader.bsky.social for free below 👇

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How Maine's AG office is spending opioid settlement money
The attorney general’s office has no formal distribution process and says it can respond “quickly and creatively” to urgent funding requests.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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#Maine Monitor reporter @emilykbader.bsky.social follows up her referendum questions story with how Maine's prisoners could be affected by the passing of Question 1. To read more for free, click the link below.

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Question 1 could stop Maine prisoners from voting
The referendum question would require voters to show IDs that prisoners currently can’t have.
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October 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Monitor reporter @emilykbader.bsky.social will be sitting down for a conversation on Monday October 20th with Bates College faculty to talk about the two referendum questions on the ballot this election. Visit the link below for more information and to register.

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October 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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#Maine voters will decide on two referendum questions. Question 2 would create a process allowing family to petition the courts to remove weapons from an individual at risk of harm to themselves or others. @emilykbader.bsky.social has what you need to know.

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October 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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On Nov. 4, #Maine voters will decide on two referendum questions. Question 1 proposes changes to voter ID and absentee voting rules. As in-person absentee voting begins, reporter @emilykbader.bsky.social breaks down what you need to know. Read her story for free:

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October 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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More older Mainers died by #gun suicide than they did in car crashes over 15 years. The numbers in #Maine represent a troubling trend playing out in rural communities across the U.S. Read more from @emilykbader.bsky.social for free at the link below.
How Maine's rates of gun suicide compare to national trends
More older Mainers died by gun suicide than in car crashes over a 15-year period, data that mirrors a troubling trend across the country.
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September 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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@emilykbader.bsky.social appeared on @newscentersmaine.bsky.social to talk about her latest story on the increase in #gun #suicide deaths among older people in #Maine. To read her full story, click the link below.

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October 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Sobering story from @themainemonitor.org on the high rates of gun suicides among older Mainers.

They're the first newsroom to use a new Gun Violence Data Hub dataset to localize a story on this subject.
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How Maine's rates of gun suicide compare to national trends
More older Mainers died by gun suicide than in car crashes over a 15-year period, data that mirrors a troubling trend across the country.
themainemonitor.org
September 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM