Working families in Maine are struggling to find child care as facilities close or limit enrollment because of staffing shortages worsened by the pandemic.
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Who’s minding the store on COVID-19 relief spending?
With $4.5 billion headed to Maine state, city and county governments, the threat of wasteful or improper spending creates a need for systems to track and verify where the money goes.
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Mills signs bill authorizing spending of $1 billion in federal rescue plan funds
But the measure falls short of the two-thirds majority needed to become law immediately, so it won’t take effect until 90 days after the Legislature adjourns.
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Letter: American Rescue Plan: Reader’s definition of disgusting differs
Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn used the word “disgusting” to describe features of President Biden’s American Rescue Plan. The plan would offer two years of free community college to those who want it, provide financial child care assistance for working parents who need it, increase child tax credits for all working parents, lower health insurance premiums […]
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Mills unveils plan for COVID-19 recovery and use of more than $1 billion in federal aid
The governor says her plan is focused on immediate economic recovery from the pandemic, long-term economic growth and infrastructure revitalization.