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1+ hour, 14+ 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…...

10+ hour, 10+ 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…...

9+ hour, 11+ 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…...

8+ hour, 56+ 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,…...

1+ hour, 24+ 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…...

9+ hour, 48+ min ago  (628+ words) Proposals to slap a moratorium on data centers have been introduced in at least a dozen states, but none have passed a legislative chamber. Maine's legislation would institute a moratorium for more than a year on data centers above a…...

3+ hour, 10+ min ago  (341+ words) Maine DOT says it is still working to determine how long the project will take, but notes that avoiding a full closure will likely extend the overall construction timeline. CARIBOU, Maine (WAGM) - The Maine DOT says the Aroostook River Bridge…...

6+ hour, 24+ min ago  (1468+ words) In a crowded harbor on Spruce Head Island, where Midcoast Maine folds into the Atlantic, a lobster turf war is brewing " not over fishing territory, but over which boats can squeeze a living out of the island's tiny working waterfront....

16+ hour, 5+ min ago  (374+ words) Legislators in Maine have endorsed a moratorium on building large data centres, becoming the first US state to try and rein in construction driven by the AI race. The bill was passed by the state house and senate and is…...

23+ hour, 54+ min ago  (1738+ words) Maine has a way of making everything else slip out of your mind for a while. Between the rocky coastline, the pine forests, and those small towns that look almost too perfect to be real, it adds up to one…...