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Heading into their seventh month working under an expired contract, about 50 registered nurses and technicians at Down East Community Hospital in Machias began a two-day strike on Tuesday over compensation and staffing they say is inadequate and jeopardizing patient care. “In order to recruit and retain our staff, we need to have competitive wages […] The post Nurses, technicians in Machias strike over staffing and retention issues appeared first on Maine Morning Star.

Here is a quick look at several things that did and didn’t make the cut.

Today, nurses publicly called on Gov. Janet Mills to support LD 1639, a bill that would create mandated nurse-to-patient ratios based on patients’ needs in Maine’s acute-care hospitals.

As the EPA rolls out limits in water, PFAS compounds lurk on farms and in food.

Officials say the legislation would allow them to halt noncompliant developers and limit damage to the state’s natural resources.