AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoImmigration & Accountability: ICE says officers will wear body cameras by end of September, but its policy lets the agency decide when footage is released—only after determining it’s in ICE’s “best interests,” raising fresh transparency concerns after deadly encounters, including in Maine. Health Care & Access: Maine’s highest court upheld a $750 million, 10-year MaineCare medical transportation contract for ModivCare, rejecting appeals from Penquis CAP and Waldo CAP. MaineHealth Birthing Shift: MaineHealth voted to close the labor and delivery unit at Lincoln Hospital in Damariscotta, with deliveries moving to Mid Coast Hospital on Dec. 18 while prenatal and postpartum care stays locally. Local Environment: Crews have started removing dams along the Royal River in Yarmouth to improve fish passage upstream. Weather: A heat advisory hit much of Maine with heat indexes near or above 100 degrees in several towns, with patchy fog and late showers possible into Saturday. Sports/Community: Maine-Endwell’s Maddy Ocker earned her first Division-I flag football offer from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
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