Lana covers education for the Portland Press Herald. She joins the Press Herald from VTDigger, where she covered Chittenden County, Vermont’s population center. Previously she was a Report for America fellow in Mendocino County, covering environmental news for a digital outlet and a public radio station. She also reported on the environment for digital news outlet, WhoWhatWhy. In her spare time Lana enjoys hiking with her Goldendoodle, Rigby, running, surfing and baking.
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PublishedApril 5, 2023
Mother sues school district for keeping child’s gender expression secret
Amber Lavigne is suing Central Lincoln County School leaders and employees, saying the district did not inform her about her child’s gender expression.
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PublishedApril 2, 2023
Legislature works to fix, or eliminate, popular property tax relief program
The program, which lets some homeowners age 65 and older freeze their bills, has the unintended effect of helping the wealthiest Mainers. Eight separate bills seek a remedy.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2023
Maine schools to receive additional state funding after calculation error discovered
Many, but not all, districts around the state will receive more funding. The Portland school district, the state’s largest, will receive $3.6 million more in state funding than initially expected.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2023
Legislators consider bills to tackle educator shortage
The Legislature’s Education and Cultural Affairs Committee heard testimony Tuesday about multiple bills aimed at bolstering the state’s educator workforce.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2023
Maine school districts confront COVID-19 funding cliff
Across-the-board expenses are rising just as federal pandemic relief is running out. Educators see a ‘perfect storm of financial pressures’ that will challenge schools for the next two years.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2023
As daylight saving time returns, some Maine lawmakers hope to stop changing the clocks
Three bills pending in the Legislature consider the future of daylight saving time in the state.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2023
University of Maine System lifts COVID vaccine mandate
The system is still encouraging community members to get vaccinated and boosted.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2023
Final batch of $450 relief checks is in the mail
All 876,000 relief checks had been mailed as of Thursday, the Mills administration announced Friday.
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PublishedMarch 6, 2023
Legislators urged to help eligible students pay for University of Maine tuition
Educators and advocates urged the Legislature’s education and cultural affairs committee to support 50% tuition vouchers for UMaine System schools for some Maine residents.
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PublishedMarch 5, 2023
Free community college program pulls students from UMaine System
A Maine lawmaker would expand upon the free tuition initiative to help prevent the enrollment declines at the state’s public universities from getting any worse.
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