Attempts to expand the Medicaid program for low-income residents have been thwarted five times by LePage vetoes.
Joe Lawlor
Staff Writer
Joe Lawlor writes about health and human services for the Press Herald. A 24-year newspaper veteran, Lawlor has worked in Ohio, Michigan and Virginia before relocating to Maine in 2013 to join the Press Herald. He is still considered “from away” but since then, he has learned what a “dooryard” is, eaten “whoopie pies” drank Moxie and boiled some “lobstahs.” The stories he enjoys most are when he learns something and meeting inspiring people.
He lives in South Portland - aka “SoPo” - with his wife, Melanie, and two school-age children.
Posted inElections, News, Politics
Polls busy across Maine on first day of in-person absentee voting
Town clerks report strong turnouts, as motivated voters take advantage of the opportunity to choose their candidates early in a highly polarized presidential election.
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Posted inMaine, News
Maine still has one of nation’s highest rates of unvaccinated kindergarteners
The latest national figures show Maine has the eighth highest rate of kindergarteners whose parents have opted out of vaccinations for non-medical reasons.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
New president named at Mercy Hospital
Charlie Therrien comes to the job from the top post at Ellsworth hospital.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Advocates demand answers for why state ended Healthy Maine Partnerships
The Department of Health and Human Services says there’s a better way to promote public health than having 27 local agencies, but it’s unclear how it plans to proceed.
Posted inMaine, News
Portland police officers begin carrying Narcan in response to opioid epidemic
Police Chief Michael Sauschuck says the overdose antidote isn’t a long-term solution to the problem, but ‘ it is a miracle drug that saves lives.’
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Small Westbrook lab in race to help speed up testing for Zika
ViroStat hopes its antibodies will be chosen by diagnostic companies and lead to results in minutes rather than weeks, and benefit people in Third World countries.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine lobstermen’s group weighs in on death of entangled whale
There are signs the ropes were from fishing gear not used for lobstering, an official says, as others discuss regulations that protect the endangered animal.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine attorney general signs onto lawsuit against maker of addiction treatment drug Suboxone
The attorneys general of 36 states, including Maine, accuse Indivior of conspiring with MonoSol Rx to keep cheaper, generic versions of the drug off the market.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Mercy Hospital lays off 31 employees
The hospital – which has about 1,500 full-time employees – cuts workers in building maintenance, housekeeping, clinical and administrative positions.