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State Tipoffs Involving Maine Newsletter for 2024-05-30 ( 3 items )  
Maine DOE Celebrates Deer Isle-Stonington Elementary School and Deering High School Employees as 2024 RISE Award State Honorees (10)
AUGUSTA, Maine, May 30 -- The Maine Department of Education issued the following news release: Maine Education Commissioner Pender Makin joined School Union 76 school leaders and staff to honor Food Service Coordinator Sheila Nevells, and Deputy Commissioner Dan Chuhta joined Deering High School and Portland Public School leaders and staff to honor Administrative Secretary Liana Littig with the Recognizing Inspiring School Employees (RISE) Award for the extraordinary contributions they have mad more PR

MAINE PUC APPROVES AMENDMENTS TO INTERVENOR FUNDING RULE (10)
HALLOWELL, Maine, May 30 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following news release on May 29, 2024: The Maine Public Utilities Commission (Commission) adopted amendments today to its Intervenor Funding Rule. The Commission initiated this rulemaking proceeding to comply with recently enacted legislation that required expanding the funding to include non-adjudicatory proceedings, such as rulemakings and inquiry proceedings. The Commission believed this was important as these type more PR

UMaine Researcher Briefs Congress on Wastewater Disease Surveillance (10)
ORONO, Maine, May 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: A University of Maine researcher spoke in a Congressional briefing about successful efforts led by the University of Maine System to use wastewater testing to keep classes and labs open during the COVID-19 pandemic. Robert T. Wheeler, a professor of microbiology at the University of Maine, testified May 14 as an expert witness at a hearing sponsored by U.S. Sen. Angus King and the American Society for  more PR