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POLITICAL RESPONSE
Foreign students at UMaine relieved at Trump reversal on COVID-related visa order
“We have a choice now, like American students,” said UMaine graduate student Raj Anupam.
Maine attorney general joins push for child care stimulus money
The pandemic has closed or reduced service at child care centers around the country, leaving them without revenue to pay for payroll, rent, insurance and other costs.
Pandemic curbs Maine’s in-person primary election turnout, but many already voted absentee
Polling stations were open on Tuesday with strict sanitation rules, but they were mostly quiet and voters were scarce.
CORONAVIRUS OPINIONS
Thursday, July 16, 2020: Protecting our rights and freedoms, Mencken’s prescience, listen to Bangor students
See what our readers are saying.
Lawmakers need to get back to work with Mainers, not elections, in mind
“It would be irresponsible for legislators not to come back into session and play a more active role in the state’s response,” writes the BDN Editorial Board.
Child care is essential for our economic recovery
When working parents attempt to do their job at home the result is usually that neither the child nor the work gets what it needs.
MORE CORONAVIRUS NEWS
Around the state, educators and parents wonder how best to reopen schools
Reopening is a complicated issue for teachers and families, as some feel anxious about returning in the fall.
Virus cases rise in some U.S. states amid new world restrictions
The number of infections is continuing to tick upward in parts of the world and make clear that a return to normalcy may be further off than many leaders had envisioned just weeks ago.
For the 1st time in 75 years, 2021 Rose Parade canceled
The globally watched parade is held every Jan. 1 except when New Year’s Day falls on a Sunday.
USM cancels all fall sports due to coronavirus
USM is the latest school to cancel its fall sports season due to the coronavirus.
12 new coronavirus cases detected in Maine
No new deaths were reported Wednesday, leaving the statewide death toll at 114.
July 14 evening update: The latest on the coronavirus and Maine
The latest on the coronavirus and Maine.
1st coronavirus vaccine tested in US poised for final testing
There’s no guarantee but the government hopes to have results around the end of the year — record-setting speed for developing a vaccine.
18 new coronavirus testing sites to open across Maine
Seven organizations have partnered with the state to run those federally funded sites.
3 inmates test positive for coronavirus at Cumberland County Jail
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is now offering universal testing to the jail’s inmates and staff, agency director Nirav Shah said on Tuesday.
Top Democrats move to call back Maine Legislature, but showdown with GOP could loom
Members of the Legislature have two days to respond to the poll.
Maine CDC confirms 8 more coronavirus cases in the state
There have now been 3,566 cases across all of Maine’s counties since the outbreak began here in March.
White House turns on Fauci as Trump minimizes virus spike
The president and top White House aides are ramping up attacks against Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert.
Opening of casino has harness racing community hopeful Bangor Raceway will finally start
The reopening of the Hollywood Casino and Raceway last week has paved the way to re-institute harness racing at Bass Park.
A guide to today’s election and how the pandemic will change it
Here’s a guide to what’s on the ballot, how to vote and how the results will be counted.
Maine libraries need your stories for a COVID-19 archive
The goal is to create a large-scale picture of how the state got through the pandemic — the bad, the good and everything in between.
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