WASHINGTON, June 24 (TNSLrpt) -- The Health and Human Services Inspector General issued the following report (No. A-01-24-00004) on June 12, 2025 entitled "Maine Could Better Ensure That Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities Comply With Federal Requirements for Life Safety, Emergency Preparedness, and Infection Control" Here are the report highlights: * * * Maine Could Better Ensure That Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals With Intellectual Disab more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Giffords, an organization dedicated to saving lives from gun violence, issued the following news release on June 25, 2025: * * * Maine passes bill requiring serial numbers on firearms in lifesaving victory GIFFORDS urges Governor Mills to sign the bill into law, protecting Mainers from ghost guns * WASHINGTON -- Today, Emma Brown, executive director of the national gun violence prevention organization GIFFORDS, urged Maine Governor Janet Mills to sign an essential gun more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 25 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Merging AI and underwater photography to reveal hidden ocean worlds * In the Northeastern United States, the Gulf of Maine represents one of the most biologically diverse marine ecosystems on the planet -- home to whales, sharks, jellyfish, herring, plankton, and hundreds of other species. But even as this ecosystem supports rich biodiversity, it is undergoing rapid environmental c more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Patrick Dempsey Joins Senator King in Inviting Maine People to Share Real-Life Impacts of Cuts to MaineCare and CoverME * WASHINGTON, D.C.--Today, in partnership with fellow Maine native Patrick Dempsey, U.S. Senator Angus King is calling on Maine people to speak up and share their stories of how potential cuts to MaineCare and CoverMe will impact their health and their wallets. In a new public i more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on June 25, 2025: * * * Senator Collins Questions U.S. Attorney General on Federal Response to Illegal Marijuana Grows in Maine Washington, D.C. - At a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2026 budget request for the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Appropriations Committee, questioned Attorney General Pam Bondi on how fed more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on June 25, 2025: * * * Senator Collins' Opening Statement at Hearing on President's Rescissions Package Request Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a full Committee hearing with Director of Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought to review the Pre more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Collins, Shaheen Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Expand Access to Diabetes Self-Management Training and Lower Treatment Costs * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), co-chairs of the Senate Diabetes Caucus, reintroduced the Expanding Access to Diabetes Self-Management Training Act. This bipartisan legislation would expand Medicare coverage for diabetes sel more PR

FARMINGTON, Maine, June 26 -- The University of Maine Farmington campus issued the following news: * * * UMF Outdoor Recreation Hub receives generous $50,000 workforce development donation from Skowhegan Savings Foundation UMF outdoor initiative designed to grow Maine's four-season outdoor recreation economy * FARMINGTON, ME (June 25, 2025)--The University of Maine at Farmington is pleased to announce that its Outdoor Recreation Hub of Excellence has received a generous $50,000 donation fro more PR