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Maine nears making migrant farmworkers eligible for minimum wage

Maine nears making migrant farmworkers eligible for minimum wage
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Washington County's last maternity unit gets creative to stay open

A shuttering of Down East Community Hospital's maternity unit means babies and mothers would die, a Machias doctor said. ....

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The last maternity unit in Washington County gets creative to stay open

A Washington County hospital is doing all it can to save its maternity unit, the last one in the county and one of only 21 in Maine. ....

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Letter to the editor: Health care providers support policy for healthy Maine communities

Elections are critical to our democracy for it to function. State and local elections ultimately affect the health of all Mainers. As an organization with hundreds of health care professionals, Maine Providers Standing Up for Healthcare urges all Mainers to support and vote for candidates who will: • Support the expansion of MaineCare to all […] ....

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Arizona State Recognized for Recruiting Native Faculty Students / Public News Service

An article in the Chronicle of Higher Education showed progress has been made at Arizona State University (ASU) in recruiting Native American faculty and students to the Tempe campus. Arizona is home to more than 20 tribes and about 400,000 Indigenous citizens, but until the late 1990s they were underrepresented at state universities. ASU founded the Center for Indian Education about 20 years ago in response to a growing number of Indigenous students on campus. . ....

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