Nearly 100 people speak out against Gov. Paul LePage’s proposed cuts to the state DHHS budget.
Kelley Bouchard
Staff Writer
Kelley writes about Maine businesses large and small, focusing on economic development, workforce initiatives and the state’s leading business organizations. Her wider experience includes municipal and state government, immigration, education, transportation, history, human rights, health and elder care, the environment and the housing crisis. A Maine native and University of Maine graduate, she was a college intern for two summers at the former Lewiston Evening Journal. She previously worked at the Ipswich Chronicle, Beverly Times and Salem Evening News in Massachusetts. Favorite pastimes include gardening, cooking, streaming foreign TV series and kayaking at camp.
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Oversight of Maine health-insurance fund questioned
The board in control of fees used to keep down rates on individual policies acts in private.
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Health insurance reform faces scrutiny
Critics say the 2011 law hurt small, rural firms; backers counter that it has increased options and cut costs.
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LePage wants to pay off hospital debt
He says if the Legislature approves his plan, then he will issue the $105 million in voter-approved bonds.
Posted inBusiness, News
Mercy, Eastern Maine hospital groups closer to merger
The two hospital groups will now seek state, federal and Vatican approvals.
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MaineCare budget cuts loom over thousands
An estimated 20,000 will be affected by federally approved eligibility changes. Many expect to struggle to get health care and make ends meet.
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Turns out there IS a doctor in the House
Well, three, actually, and another in the state Senate. Together with other medical professionals, they make up a powerful bloc as Maine confronts its health care future.
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Litchfield same-sex couple disappointed that town staffers didn’t perform marriage ceremony
A gay couple were disappointed Monday morning when they asked to be married at the Litchfield Town Office and were turned away, though the town clerk and deputy town clerk are authorized to perform weddings.
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More than 40 gay couples licensed to wed in Maine
In communities all over the state, same-sex couples obtain licenses to stand for the first time before their friends and family and be able to say: ‘We’re married!’
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44 couples obtain marriage licenses
The legal barrier dismantled by November’s vote, same-sex couples line up to make “it official.”