Morning Links - Tuesday March 11, 2025

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Arts

Opinion: Protect Maine’s live performances, ban third-party ticket sellers 🏛 Portland Press Herald

For a Maine writer, it’s a treat to have her play debut at Portland Stage 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

City

What would a ‘Vision Zero’ plan do to stop traffic deaths in Portland? 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Opinion: Portland must stop predictable, preventable pedestrian deaths 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Process to establish Portland police oversight board stalls again 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Community

Maine women brave icy ocean for International Women's Day in record-setting event - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Constitutional Crisis

Sen. King demands answers about latest round of Veterans Affairs cuts 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: Angus King speech was a needed wake-up call 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: Why is Congress allowing Trump to freeze spending? 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: Susan Collins needs to face her constituents 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: Are Trump voters regretting their choice? 🏛 Portland Press Herald

'Mills will close down': Industry experts warn against lumber trade war with Canada - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Education

Letter: Don’t divert money from public schools to private ones 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Elections

Committee rejects clean elections expansion, other proposals to alter election laws 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Nebraska’s winner-take-all push could isolate Maine in presidential elections 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Food and Drink

Portland Wine Week Pausing 🏛 Portland Food Map

Tomaso’s Opening on Tuesday 🏛 Portland Food Map

Raise a glass to the late craft beer boom in Maine. It’s gone flat. 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Guns

Signatures approved on petition to adopt 'red flag' gun law in Maine - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Health Care

Maine rural hospitals could face "immediate jeopardy" if supplemental budget fails to pass 🏛 Maine Public

Maine health care providers brace for payment disruptions as lawmakers negotiate supplemental budget 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Maine lawmakers consider proposal to boost family planning clinic funding 🏛 Maine Public

Housing

Rockland takes a pioneering step to address its housing crisis 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Justice

Court rules state fails to meet its obligation to provide counsel for indigent defendants 🏛 Maine Public

Maine judge demands action amid attorney shortage crisis for defendants 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Kennebec County Superior Court rules Maine is violating Sixth Amendment - YouTube - CBS 13 News

My journey shows why funding programs to help domestic violence survivors is essential 🏛 Bangor Daily News

8 Investigates: Court ruling could put domestic violence survivors across Maine at risk - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Opinion: Maine’s county jail funding system is broken 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Man charged with sex trafficking in Maine faces possible deportation - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Labor

Maine lawmakers propose replacing minimum wage with livable wage scale - YouTube - CBS 13 News

LGBTQIA+

‘There was never a complaint’: LGBTQ+ Mainers push back on call to ban trans athletes 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Misinformation about transgender youth is harmful 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: Trans youths deserve our collective support 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Lewiston Mass Shooting

Family of Lewiston gunman believes traumatic brain injury played role in leadup to mass shooting - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Moral Panics

New bill aims to protect kids by limiting social media for those under 16 - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Nazis

Lawmakers consider repealing Maine’s new paramilitary training ban 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Outdoors

Maine Guide Mondays: Meduxnekeag River Trail - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Photography

Maine Waters by Jayne Winters 🏛 Natural Resources Council of Maine

Another day in Maine 🏛 Reddit

Police

Mental health service providers push back on proposal to fund police positions 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Portland code enforcement officer charged with assault, put on leave 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Politics

Maine lawmakers to vote on state supplemental budget again Tuesday - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Bill seeks to give Maine legislators final approval over chief of cannabis office 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine lawmakers propose bills to eliminate daylight saving time - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Bill aims to address 'coercive control' in domestic abuse cases 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Paul LePage may be eyeing another campaign in Maine 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Former Gov. Paul LePage considers run for Maine's second congressional district - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Maine’s federal delegation could play role in Republican effort to avoid a shutdown 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Students call on UMaine System to reverse decision to remain invested in Israeli companies 🏛 Maine Public

Public Safety

One person still in critical condition after fatal Portland fire 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Witnessed this on Forest ave 🏛 Reddit

South Portland

South Portland plans to lay off teachers, ed techs and administrators 🏛 Portland Press Herald

South Portland proposes over 20 job cuts in $73.1M school budget - YouTube - WMTW-TV

South Portland's proposed budget plan includes layoffs to offset school costs 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

'We just want it fixed': Family frustrated with flooding issues at South Portland cemetery - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Sports

New docuseries chronicles creation of Portland Hearts of Pine - YouTube - CBS 13 News

American Portland Wednesday Hockey Association of America | Assignment: Maine - YouTube - Maine Public

Things to Do

PMA Films celebrates the legacies of David Lynch, Gene Hackman 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Join us for the launch of Ron Currie's newest book THE SAVAGE, NOBLE DEATH… 🏛 Bluesky - Print: A Bookstore

~~ FREE SHOW This Sunday! ~~ Improv-A-Ganza! A "Whose Line is it Anyway?" Style Comedy Show 🏛 Reddit

Transportation

Maine Turnpike Authority drops plans for Gorham Connector project 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Unhoused

“Beyond the Bridge: A Solution to Homelessness” Comes to Maine 🏛 Preble Street

New documentary on homelessness crisis to be screened in Portland - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Utilities

Net energy billing compromise deserves PUC approval 🏛 Bangor Daily News