WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines, Heinrich, King Introduce Bill to Support Medical Students * Provides Equal Opportunities for Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senators Steve Daines, Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and Angus King (I-Maine) today introduced the "Fair Access in Residency" Act. This bill would address disparities and barriers within Medicare-funded Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs that of  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has prepared an environmental assessment for the Mattaceunk Hydroelectric Project in Maine. The project is located on the Penobscot River in Aroostook and Penobscot counties and does not occupy federal land. The document reviews an application from Great Lakes Hydro America LLC for a temporary variance of its license for the project. The application proposes a temporary drawdown of the impoundment to perform repair work on   more

NORFOLK, Virginia, Sept. 4 [Category: Animals] -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: * * * Ice Cream Wars Invade Bar Harbor! PETA's 'I Scream' Truck Rolls in After Big Apple Brawl * Bar Harbor, Maine - On Saturday, PETA's famous--or infamous --"I Scream" truck is rolling into Bar Harbor hot off the uproar it caused in New York, where its presence triggered a meltdown in other food truck vendors who tried to block the truck, ran over a PETA staff me  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Sept. 4 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * Nurses at two Maine hospitals vote to authorize strikes * Registered nurses at Northern Maine Medical Center (NMMC) in Fort Kent, Maine, and at Houlton Regional Hospital (HRH) in Houlton, Maine, announced today that they have voted overwhelmingly to authorize their nurse bargaining teams to call a strike if the issues RNs have been raising in ongoing contract negotiations rem  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins Announces More Than $14 Million for Airport Improvements Across Maine * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that multiple Maine airports will receive a total of $14,262,173 to support important infrastructure improvements. The funding comes from the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Fiscal Year 2025 Airport In  more