Progressive school leaders have taken funding away from the most vulnerable and failed to focus on the issues of Black and brown youth.
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Commentary: Budget choice – kids or billionaires
The child tax credit expansion has been shown to be a success. Making this expansion permanent should be a no-brainer.
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Maine Voices: Pandemic fallout could erode long-term stability of low-income renters
A survey has elicited clear and compelling insights that Maine policymakers would be wise to listen to.
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Commentary: Let’s be clear what we mean when we talk about socialism
Complaints about socialism are really focused on the social safety net, which is part of a capitalist society.
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Maine Voices: Federal relief funds should target Mainers hit hardest by the pandemic
Our health and economic well-being are bound together, and we can all become weaker when some people are left behind.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, News
New child tax credits offer lifeline for some Maine families
The monthly payments will go to some 230,000 Maine families, part of an expanded child tax credit approved by Congress under the American Rescue Plan Act.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News, Politics
Lawmakers consider bill to eliminate cash bail for minor charges
The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Rachel Talbot Ross, D-Portland, would allow those charged with Class E misdemeanors like drinking in public to be released from jail without posting cash bail.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Biden moving to improve legal services for poor, minorities
President Joe Biden plans to take executive action to ensure minorities, low-income Americans and others have better access to quality legal representation after services dwindled during the Trump administration.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Legislators weigh whether to require free tampons and pads in Maine schools
Hoping to ease the burden on students, legislators may mandate free sanitary supplies in bathrooms.
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Maine Voices: An epidemic of suffering will outlast COVID
We could end hunger and poverty in this country. But up to now, we have chosen not to.