Working Mainers who don’t qualify for aid are now joining food pantry lines, says the Brunswick-based Good Shepherd Food Bank.
John Richardson
Portland Press Herald
John Richardson is the managing editor for the Portland Press Herald.
Defenders of labor mural headed to Augusta
Two groups plan Friday protests of Gov. LePage’s order to remove the art work.
State ends MaineCare contract with Aetna
Thirty-four jobs in South Portland will be lost when the administrative services are either cut or transferred.
MaineCare cancels contract with Aetna unit
The decision eliminates 34 jobs at Aetna in South Portland, though some workers could be transferred.
Anthem takes heat for proposed rate increases
Individual policyholders say the hikes, which average about 10 percent, would hurt their businesses and cause delays in care.
DHHS attacks, counterattacks reach new level
Complaints by Gov. Paul LePage are political and unwarranted, says the former commissioner.
UPDATE: Ex-DHHS chief responds to LePage remarks
LePage says the Baldacci administration didn’t mention concerns such as an upcoming audit of $138.9 in federal Medicaid payments.
FBI says Cape man threatened NPR hosts
John Crosby is scheduled for trial in May, accused of e-mailing death threats and illegally possessing a gun.
Cape E. man charged with threatening NPR hosts
John Crosby, a recent USM grad, was arrested in January inside the school’s library.
Ex-leaders at DHHS: Payments no ‘error’
They say overpayments to hospitals were part of a plan that the LePage administration was told about in January.