The issue will go before voters in November unless the Maine Legislature approves it this session.
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 inLocal & State
Recovery community welcomes Mills’ focus on opioid crisis but fears it’s not enough
The governor announced several new initiatives to combat the deadly opioid crisis during her annual speech to the Legislature on Tuesday.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Maine businesses form group to lobby for statewide ban on flavored tobacco
The coalition – called Tobacco Free Maine Works – is an offshoot of the Flavors Hook Kids Maine lobbying effort to ban flavored tobacco products.
Posted inLocal & State
Judge dismisses Maine hospitals’ opioid lawsuit against drug companies
Cumberland County Judge Michael Duddy ruled that Northern Light Health’s hospital system was not directly harmed by the opioid epidemic.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World
Military leaders defend response to Chinese spy balloon when pressed by Collins
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, questioned military leaders as vice chair of the Senate’s Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Advocates lobby Maine lawmakers for paid family leave
Supporters are pressing for a law to establish a statewide benefit that would typically be used for the birth of a child, to care for a sick or elderly relative, or when a worker falls ill and needs time to recover.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Maine could become 12th state to enact paid family leave
Advocates will descend on the State House on Tuesday to lobby for the benefit as the Legislature takes up the proposal.
Posted inLocal & State
Dr. Shah to attend State of the Union as he prepares for new federal role
Nirav Shah, director of Maine’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention, will be second in command at the U.S. CDC starting next month.
Posted inHealth, Local & State
Sen. Collins spearheads efforts to fund Alzheimer’s research
A bipartisan group of senators is proposing to boost funding for research and prevention through 2035.
Posted inLocal & State, News
No, this week’s deep freeze won’t mean fewer ticks this spring
Ticks don’t like cold weather, but the below-zero temperatures expected later this week will not be enough to kill the disease-spreading arachnids.