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The state's yellow flag law didn't protect Maine citizens this week, and it's likely to be one focus of the gun control debate expected to dominate the next legislative session.
With some of the region’s most permissive firearm laws, Maine has been a poster child for the nation’s political paralysis on gun safety.
Most weeks, I invite you to notice what’s happening to the birds around you. This week, I invite you to notice what’s not happening.
Editor’s note: After publication of this story, the Milo and Greenville police departments adopted a homelessness protocol. By Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News Staff At least 16 police departments in Maine are not complying with state law that requires them to adopt rules for how they will divert homeless people away from the criminal justice system, according to a first-of-its-kind review conducted by the Bangor Daily News.
Every police agency in Maine was mandated to have a plan for responding homeless people, but only 11 met the deadline.