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Sen. Diamond: Maine needs a new state department to protect children L.D. 1263 would transition the Office of Child and Family Services into a stand-alone agency, allowing for proper funding and more transparency. By Bill DiamondSpecial to the Press Herald Share Logan Marr was born Oct. 14, 1995, and died Jan. 31, 2001, of asphyxiation as a result of more than 40 feet of duct tape being wrapped around her body, face and mouth, binding her in a high chair that was placed in the basement by her foster mother, Sally Schofield, reportedly to let Logan scream. According to the police, when the h...

Jim Fossel: Maine Republicans don’t know how to fight The state’s Democrats can govern as they wish because they know their counterparts across the aisle won’t do anything to stop them. By Jim Fossel Share Theodore Roosevelt, the trust-busting progressive populist Republican commander in chief, once averred that he was fond of an adage he said was based on an African proverb: “Speak softly and carry a big stick, and you will go far.” That saying, whether a proverb or not, became indicative of his approach as president: He generally favored peaceful negotiations, but he wanted to h...

14 hours ago in National Derek Chauvin is already locked away in Minnesota's only maximum-security prison, held in a single cell for his own safety. But it will be two months before the former Minneapolis police officer learns his sentence for George Floyd's death. 14 hours ago in National, Trending A crew returned from the northernmost islands in the Hawaiian archipelago this week with a boatload of marine plastic and abandoned fishing nets that threaten to entangle endangered Hawaiian monk seals and other animals on the uninhabited beaches stretching ...

15 hours ago in National Derek Chauvin is already locked away in Minnesota's only maximum-security prison, held in a single cell for his own safety. But it will be two months before the former Minneapolis police officer learns his sentence for George Floyd's death. 15 hours ago in National, Trending A crew returned from the northernmost islands in the Hawaiian archipelago this week with a boatload of marine plastic and abandoned fishing nets that threaten to entangle endangered Hawaiian monk seals and other animals on the uninhabited beaches stretching ...

7 hours ago in National, Trending The House will vote Thursday on legislation that would create the new state of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, with one representative and two senators. A tiny sliver of land including the White House, the U.S. Capitol and the National Mall would remain as a federal district. 22 hours ago in National