Morning Links - Friday, January 26, 2024

Friday, January 26, 2024

Asylum Seekers

Give asylum seekers a chance to support themselves, not false claims and hostile rhetoric 🏛 Bangor Daily News

City

Portland facing $20 million budget gap 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Portland Denny’s will be torn down to make way for roundabout 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Major changes coming to one of Portland's busiest intersections 🏛 WMTW

Climate Emergency

FEMA, MEMA survey damage from historic high tide at Higgins Beach 🏛 WGME

Storms fuel push for climate-proofing 🏛 Harpswell Anchor

Community

Family of Valentine’s Day Bandit passes the torch with a new website 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine's Valentine's Day Bandit's heart design lives on 🏛 WMTW

Education

Maine initiative teaches high school students how to 'agree-to-disagree' on political issues 🏛 Maine Public

Environment

Regulators eye $148K fine for violations at Embden solar farm 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Food and Drink

Maine Food & Dining News: Bangor, Van Buren, Skowhegan, Milo, Brunswick, Alna, Searsport, Westbrook, Damariscotta 🏛 Portland Food Map

This is Why Amigo’s is Still Portland, Maine’s Best Dive Bar 🏛 WCYY

Guns

Sheriff's deputies defend response to warnings about the gunman before Lewiston shootings 🏛 Maine Public

Sheriff’s officers defend response to reports on Lewiston shooter’s mental health 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Army’s delayed report of Maine shooter’spast threats affected police response, deputy says 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Why hunters useAR-style guns 🏛 Bangor Daily News

National gun safety group focuses on reforms in Maine 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine agency cancels assault rifle class after complaints 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Police defend response in Lewiston mass shooting 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

History

Throwback Thursday Photo: Longfellow Square 1960 & 2024 🏛 Portland Old Port

Housing

The 10 Most Expensive Places To Live In Maine In 2024 🏛 WBLM

Nazis

White supremacist sent racist email to South Portland diversity director 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Outdoors

Don't look at this owl 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Photography

Good Morning 🏛 Reddit

Police

Portland police execute 'high-risk search warrant' near Westbrook line 🏛 WMTW

Politics

Maine lawmakers consider bill to protect out-of-state minors seeking gender-affirming care 🏛 WGME

Environmental Issues in Maine 🏛 Natural Resources Council of Maine

Pair of Maine bills aimed at limiting medical debt 🏛 Maine Public

Maine lawmakers, consumer experts push to tackle medical debt 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Maine lawmakers propose bills to help Mainers with medical debt 🏛 WGME

‘You have the key’: Maine renters call on lawmakers to pass rent relief 🏛 Maine Beacon

Bill to halt natural gas expansion in Maine prompts energy and climate debate 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine Lawmakers Hold Hearing On Psilocybin Bill As Committee Members Disclose Personal Psychedelics Use 🏛 Marijuana Moment

Proposed bill would help Maine businesses recover from recent storms 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Bill could mandate personal finance course in Maine high schools 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Maine's highest court rejects secretary of state's appeal of Donald Trump primary ballot decision 🏛 Maine Public

A tale of two Democrats' decisions on Trump’s ballot access 🏛 Bangor Daily News

🏛 Portland Press Herald

Sen. Susan Collins says she will not endorse Donald Trump in 2024 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Sen. Collins says she's 'glad' Nikki Haley is still in the presidential race 🏛 WGME

Public Safety

Pedestrian fatally struck by truck committed suicide, police say 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Man dies in South Portland crash 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Pedestrian dies after struck by tractor-trailer in South Portland 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Police search for vehicle in Bangor crash involving pedestrian 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Fire breaks out in kitchen at Texas Roadhouse in Scarborough, ME 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

State

Meet the lawyer who upped disabled Maine vets' vehicletax break 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Over 95,000 Maine households may soon lose internet subsidy 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Internet access program used by 95,000 Maine households expiring 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Heat assistance programs struggling to help Maine families 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

More Mainers have applied for heat assistance this winter than last season 🏛 WGME

Things to Do

TPS Pick o’ the Week: Vices Inc, Gum Parker, Get Out of My House, and Plague Dad at the Brass Rail — Friday 1/26 7pm — FREE! 🏛 That Portland Sound

Here’s 7 ways to spend your weekend 🏛 Portland Press Herald

These are the must see concerts coming to Maine 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Transportation

Rough winter weather only making Maine's pothole problem worse 🏛 WGME