The governor is asking lawmakers to fund more child protection caseworkers, broadband expansion and increased aid for education, all priorities she highlighted in her State of the State address in January.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine should stop using youth prison for ‘care’
It’s time for lawmakers to respond to wasteful and ineffective spending on youth incarceration.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine should build on campaign-finance reform progress
Let’s push to bar corporations from funding state-level candidates and PACs that engage in state elections.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Legislators schedule office hours in Portland
AUGUSTA —Sen. Heather Sanborn, D-Portland, and Rep. Ed Crockett, D-Portland, will hold office hours from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 10 at Lyman Moore Middle School on Auburn Street. Office hours provide residents a chance to meet with their elected officials, ask questions and get help with legislative or state government matters. Sanborn, who represents […]
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Maine conservatives should support land conservation
The bipartisan Land for Maine’s Future program is endangered by the toxic politics seeping into our political culture.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: State must fill growing gap in affordable housing
A bill before the Legislature could double the number of units built every year in Maine.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News, Politics
National group advises Maine to invest in community services to reduce juvenile incarcerations
Preliminary findings by the Center for Children’s Law and Policy show that 53% of detained youths were held because the state lacked alternative places to house them safely.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Times Record
Democrats renew push for broadband expansion with $15 million proposal
Lawmakers rejected a borrowing plan for broadband investment last year, but a new bill would tap into the state’s General Fund to support a plan developed by the ConnectME Authority.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Sen. Millett: There’s still work to be done to protect South Portland neighborhoods
My new proposal calls for the DEP to study and make recommendations on how to measure and control fumes from aboveground storage tanks.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine’s opioid epidemic is far from over
We’re doing most of the right things to save lives. We just need to do more.