Lawmakers should treat the county facilities like they do other necessary infrastructure and provide adequate assistance.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: By stalling on Medicaid expansion, Gov. LePage is breaking Maine law
The argument over wider access to MaineCare is done – now, he must implement the program.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, New England, News
Maine lawmakers voice objections to CMP power line in letter to Massachusetts regulators
The co-chairmen of two legislative committees say they don’t think the 145-mile transmission line proposed by CMP would benefit Maine.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Misleading marijuana claims no help to Maine policymakers
As the state moves closer to launching a legal retail pot market, decisions should be based on fact.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Maine schools will get some state funding even though lawmakers failed to act
Because the Legislature adjourned without passing a major school funding bill, the state will consider it an emergency and issue subsidy checks based on conservative estimates, a spokesman says.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Lawmakers adjourn session, leaving stack of legislative work undone
A dispute between House Republicans and other lawmakers over funding for Medicaid expansion and other issues leaves a raft of bills in limbo, including key funding measures.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Politics
Recreational marijuana is now legal in Maine – sort of. Now the state has to write the rules.
Legislators put the state on a path to legal production and sales – guided by rules more conservative than first proposed – and the first shops are likely to open in spring 2019.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: We must demand that legislators fund care for those with substance use disorder
Public health interventions save lives, but more friends and family will die if we don’t pay for them now.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Training of employees, public helps remove stigma of mental illness
Legislators should override the governor’s veto of a bill to expand school-based resources for at-risk students.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: More important for Maine to do tax conformity well than to do it quickly
A Democratic plan would triple Maine’s earned income tax credit, giving a break to families.