The nonprofit reproductive health provider is seeking $3.4 million from Maine. The funding would go to reproductive health services that don’t include abortion.
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.
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Maine CDC finds West Nile virus in crow from Sidney
The last case of the mosquito-borne disease in a human in Maine was in 2018.
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Drug overdose deaths in Maine continue to decline after plummeting in 2023
The state is on track for a 9.8% decline in 2024 from the previous year, after seeing a 16% decrease in 2023.
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Appeals court affirms ruling that tosses libel case against Press Herald, other media
The federal appeals court sided with Press Herald against a former VA Togus podiatrist.
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A 13-year-old Bingham girl has been stuck in the ER since Christmas. She just wants a place to call home.
Her parents, hospital officials, advocates and state officials want to find a placement, but there’s no place else to go.
Posted inElection 2024, Local & State, Politics
Rep. Golden’s op-ed sends political shockwaves, but also fits campaign style
Golden, who needs support from Trump voters in November, predicted Donald Trump will win the presidency against incumbent President Biden, and said he can work with that.
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Angus King presses military to begin brain screenings immediately
The Army reservist who killed 18 people in Lewiston in October was found to have brain injuries caused by blast exposure during military training.
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Fungus takes toll on Maine’s browntail moth populations
Ideal weather conditions for the fungus are helping kill browntail moth caterpillars, which cause an itchy rash in humans.
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Maine urged to raise wages for home health aides, long-term care workers
The Maine Center for Economic Policy recommends that health support workers be paid at least 140% of minimum wage, or $19.80 per hour.
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Fewer Maine babies are being born with substance exposure. No one’s sure why
Hospital data show the lowest figures in a decade, but officials say changes in reporting could be skewing the results.