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Source: WalletHub The countdown to back to school is on, you see and hear all of the ads for back to school shopping and many schools will welcome back the kids and teachers in about one month. Good news for Maine kids and parents, Maine's school system has been ranked as one of the best in the country.

Zippia.com has released their list of the 'Laziest States In America'. To create their 'lazy index' they factored in the lowest average hours worked, shortest commute time, fewest workers per household, highest unemployment rate and fewest adults with a college degree.

Estately.com recently researched which of the U.S. states have the most couch potatoes. You know the kind that play video games, are on the computer doing the social media thing or just watching way too much television.

With the 6th annual Redneck Olympics coming up later this month in Hebron, Maine, we decided to look back at a story from last summer that lists the top ten most redneck towns in Maine.

Source: WalletHub The July 4th holiday is less than a week away and WalletHub.com recently posting their finding of the '2016's Most Patriotic States'. To get their findings they used 12 key metrics, including the number of residents enlisted in the military, veterans per capita , 2012 Presidential voting percentage and highest volunteer rate.

File this under believe it or not, the fair season in Maine starts this weekend and goes until October and the Fryeburg Fair. The fair season starts with the Maple Meadow Fair Festival in Mapleton, Maine this Friday and Saturday.

This story that I found is really all done in fun and hopefully people will not get angry with where the state they live in landed on this list. Estately.com has taken on the task of ranking the 50 states and Washington D.C. from worst to best. What was their formula for constructing their list? That's what makes it fun!

When it comes to politics, the old saying is 'As Maine Goes, So Goes The Nation'. Maine is very unique, we have a republican governor and democratic congress and republican state senate. Maine's two U.S. senators and two U.S. Congressional members are split, one republican and one democrat.

WalletHub.com researched how happy each state is in the country. Their study used 25 metrics ranging from emotional health to income levels to sports participation rates.

Money Rates.com had an article that caught my eye, it was titled 'Top 10 Best and Worst States To Be Rich'. Being rich in this article was deemed as earning $90,060 per year, that would put you into the top ten percent of wage earners in the country. In forming their list, they factored top-tier income levels, tax rates and property crime.