Morning Links - Friday January 31, 2025

Friday, January 31, 2025

Arts

‘Wish You Were Here’ premiers in Portland on Thursday - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Asylum Seekers

Massachusetts teen being held by ICE in Maine appears to be in country legally - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Massachusetts teenager being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at Cumberland County Jail 🏛 Maine Public

Donald Trump blocked more than 100 refugees from settling in Bangor 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine Legislature to consider proposals to cut housing ... 🏛 Amjambo Africa

No spike in immigration arrests in Maine yet, but Trump's national crackdown sparks widespread fear 🏛 Maine Public

Business

US-Canada lobstermen discuss climate change, tariffs, and industry future at annual conference - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

How Maine's craft beer industry is helping this entrepreneur make soap 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

City

Sarah Michniewicz: “You Don’t Have to Leave Your Neighborhood to Live in a Better One” 🏛 The West End News

Western Cemetery Approved for National Register of Historic Places 🏛 The West End News

Rent Control Year 5 –Opinions Differ on Progress Implementing Portland’s Rent Control Ordinance 🏛 The West End News

Portland Jetport to move forward with $8 million project to add more parking 🏛 FOX 23

Climate Emergency

Climate Action Fund: Celebrate Local Climate Wins 🏛 The West End News

Maine Republican legislators write Trump asking for further action to stop offshore wind 🏛 Maine Morning Star

How Offshore Wind Can Lower Electricity Prices in New England 🏛 Natural Resources Council of Maine

So far, Portland has seen less snowfall than any winter in the last decade 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine's lighthouses added to world monuments watch list 🏛 Mainebiz

Letter: Don’t let MainePERS get away with fossil fuels 🏛 Portland Press Herald

This Was Never Going to Be Easy – Climate Advocacy in the New Normal 🏛 The West End News

Community

TD Beach to Beacon 10K announces this year's beneficiary 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Education

Maine school districts consider tighter restrictions or bans on cellphone use 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Maine students record lowest average math and reading scores in three decades 🏛 Maine Public

Maine 4th graders’ math and reading skills are among the lowest in the country 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Lewiston private school sues state, family over ‘stay put’ rule for disabled students 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Environment

Brunswick waste digester proposal sparks debate 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: Inhumane killing of coyotes must be stopped 🏛 Portland Press Herald

2025 Environmental Priorities in Maine 🏛 Natural Resources Council of Maine

Maine Rivers Annual Meeting: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 🏛 Maine Rivers

Food and Drink

Hand-picked new owners take over iconic Portland breakfast joint 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine Food ＆ Dining: Rockland, North Yarmouth, Biddeford, Lisbon, Fort Fairfield, Wiscasset, Lewiston, Brunswick, Buxton 🏛 Portland Food Map

Portland, Maine, Bartender Close to Winning 20 Grand 🏛 WOKQ

Health Care

Maine’s congressional delegation pushes to repeal anti-abortion pact reinstated by Trump 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Advocates urge Maine lawmakers to protect drug discount program 🏛 Bangor Daily News

History

Throwback Thursday Photo: Eastern Promenade 1960 ＆ 2025 🏛 Portland Old Port

Innsurrection

Letter: GOP no longer party of law and order 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Opinion: Time for Republicans to come clean on voter fraud allegations 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Justice

Laws partially decriminalizing prostitution shift focus to those who exploit survivors 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Labor

MaineHealth language interpreters continue to push for union contract 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Lewiston Mass Shooting

What the Lewiston shooter’s brain injury can tell us about blast exposure in the military 🏛 Maine Public

LISTEN: 'Breakdown' podcast concludes six-episode exploration into Lewiston shootings 🏛 Maine Public

LGBTQIA+

Maine DOE pushes back on Republicans’ call to end gender support in schools 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Advocates in Maine denounce Trump's executive order cutting federal funding to gender-affirming care 🏛 Maine Public

Outdoors

You can find these entertaining birds in the North Maine Woods 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Photography

Beach in the winter ＞ Beach in the summer 🏛 Reddit

Cold Stream Pond 🏛 Reddit

Last night's sunset from Levant 🏛 Reddit

Politics

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is in Maine. NH lawmakers want to change that. 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine’s already got 31 state symbols. A reptile, amphibian and dog could be next. 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Before we name an official Maine reptile, let’s prioritize our emblems 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Remind me again why we can’t raise taxes on millionaires 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Letter: No Mainer wins with proposed child care budget cuts 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Gov. Mills says Maine will get fewer crisis receiving centers than planned due to budget 🏛 WGME

Opinion: Funding freeze could have had fatal consequences in Maine 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Trump tariffs may roil Maine energy prices, and lobster, lumber markets 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Donald Trump’s OMB nominee would harm Maine 🏛 Bangor Daily News

3 lessons from Susan Collins and Angus King’s questioning of Tulsi Gabbard 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Watch Live: Susan Collins joins colleagues at Tulsi Gabbard’s confirmation hearing 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine's senators press Tulsi Gabbard on Edward Snowden and other intelligence issues 🏛 Maine Public

Sen. King questions Trump's national intelligence director pick Tulsi Gabbard - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Intel nominee Gabbard tries to win over skeptics in U.S. Senate confirmation hearing 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Susan Collins asks RFK Jr. if he would oppose development of Lyme vaccine 🏛 Bangor Daily News

GOP members of U.S. Senate probe RFK Jr. on his history of vaccine denial 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Susan Collins questions Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr. at separate confirmation hearings 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Opinion: Kennedy is the wrong choice for HHS secretary 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Call to Action 02/05/2025 6pm-8pm 🏛 Reddit

Public Safety

Working group recommends regulating intoxicating hemp 🏛 The Maine Monitor

State

Letter: Fix chronic problems in Maine child welfare system 🏛 Bangor Daily News