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Tipoffs for Bangor, Maine (New England) Newsletter for Wednesday July 23, 2025 ( 5 items )  

Center on Budget & Policy Priorities: Medicaid Work Requirements Will Take Away Coverage From Millions: State and Congressional District Estimates
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * Medicaid Work Requirements Will Take Away Coverage From Millions: State and Congressional District Estimates By Elizabeth Zhang and Gideon Lukens Harsh Medicaid work requirements in the Republican reconciliation legislation will put 9.9 million to 14.9 million people at risk of losing Medicaid coverage in 2034. (See Table 1 for state estimates and link in footnote below for congressional di  more

Congressional Budget Office: 'Economic Forecasting Record - 2025 Update' (Part 2 of 2)
WASHINGTON, July 22 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following report on July 14, 2025, entitled "Economic Forecasting Record - 2025 Update:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * A Comparison of Forecast Quality CBO compared its two-year economic forecasts with analogous forecasts produced by the Administration, the Blue Chip consensus, and the SPF. (For a comparison of CBO's two-year forecasts with forecasts made by the Federal Reserve, see Box 2.) CBO compared its five  more

Golden pushes for extension of moratorium on right whale, lobster regulations until 2035
WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Golden pushes for extension of moratorium on right whale, lobster regulations until 2035 * WASHINGTON -- Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) is urging the House Natural Resources Committee (HNRC) to protect Maine's lobstermen from new regulations related to the protection of the North Atlantic right whale until 2035. Golden worked with the Maine delegation and Governor Janet Mills to enact a moratorium  more

TD Garden Hosts Another Sold-Out WNBA Game
BUFFALO, New York, July 23 -- Delaware North issued the following news release on July 22, 2025: * * * TD Garden hosts another sold-out WNBA game TD Garden, owned and operated by Delaware North in Boston, on July 15 hosted another sold-out WNBA game - this time featuring the Connecticut Sun and superstar Caitlin Clark's Indiana Fever. TD Garden hosted its first sold-out WNBA game last August when the Sun defeated the Los Angeles Sparks. "Hosting another sold-out Connecticut Sun game at TD   more

UMass-Lowell: Prof. Angela Wangari Walter Receives the Prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award
LOWELL, Massachusetts, July 23 -- The University of Massachusetts Lowell campus issued the following news: * * * Prof. Angela Wangari Walter Receives the Prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award Teaching and Research in Kenya to Address Alcohol and Tobacco Use Among People Diagnosed with Cancer By Karen Angelo Associate Professor Angela Wangari Walter of the Department of Public Health in the Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences joins an elite group of scholars from across the nation who h  more