1. Maine state government is fully funded for the next two years, as Governor Janet Mills signed the remainder of the budget on Tuesday in her cabinet room. Mills said, “From establishing a paid family medical leave program to strengthening education, housing, childcare workforce, and delivering tax relief for seniors. This budget makes transformative investments in Maine people.” (WMTW)

2. The Maine Department of Health and Human Services is proposing that the COVID-19 vaccine be removed from the list of required immunizations for health care workers. The department says the requirement achieved the intended benefit of savings lives, protecting health care capacity and limiting the spread of the virus during the height of the pandemic. Maine is one of four remaining states with some type of COVID-19 vaccine requirement in place. (PH)

3. Recent state testing has found that six York County beaches are contaminated with high levels of bacteria. Public health officials say beaches in Maine and across the U.S. pose an ongoing risk of E. coli contamination. (WGME)

4. Ten-year-old Yarmouth native Maria Muayad testified Tuesday before a U.S. Senate Committee hearing on diabetes research funding. Maria was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was 7. Maria was one of over 160 children from all 50 states and five countries with Type 1 diabetes to attend the hearing. But she was the only one to speak. (PH)

5. Red’s Dairy Freeze, a popular ice cream shop in South Portland will not be serving their strawberry soft serve ice cream this summer. Due to the deep freeze this winter and rain this spring, they were not able to get enough berries to make it. (WGME)

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