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Gas Prices Down, Skowhegan Mascot Issue & Other Things You Need to Know Today
Here are the things you need to know today......
Unemployment numbers were up a bit for the state in October according to US News.
Gas prices in Maine are down another nickel to an average $2.60, the national average is $2.62 a gallon according to US News.
A federal judge barred the government from refusing asylum to immigrants crossing the border illegally according to US News.
An Chicago hospital shooting that killed 4 started as an argument according to US News.
The first legal marijuana shops in Massachusetts are open but don't plan to go shopping and bring it back to Maine. According to WMTW crossing state lines with any marijuana is illegal at the federal level.
Two sisters in Skowhegan are trying to bring some reconciliation to the mascot issue according to centralmaine.com.
The Children’s Discovery Museum in Augusta could is looking to buy a Waterville building according to centralmaine.com.
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