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Maine Property Owners To Receive Homestead Checks From State Government

Matthew McDonald

This winter, about 305,000 property owners in Maine will be receiving checks for $104.

These property owners in the state qualified for the Homestead Exemption. Under this program, people who have lived in a home as their primary residence for more than one year as of April 1 would have the first $25,000 of their assessed home value be declared tax-exempt, making them eligible for a refund from the state government, according to WMTW-TV Channel 8 in Portland, Maine.

New Hampshire Now Allowing Third Gender Option on Driver’s Licenses
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New Hampshire Now Allowing Third Gender Option on Driver’s Licenses

Matthew McDonald

New Hampshire residents have a new gender option on their driver's licenses and other state issued IDs.

As of Thursday, January 2, New Hampshire offers an X in addition to the traditional M and F for male and female on their licenses. The X indicates someone who claims a non-binary gender identity other than male or female.

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