AUGUSTA — Keeping students away from alcohol, drugs, junk food and stress is an important service provided by school health centers, Maranacook High School senior Christian Wick said Friday.
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Students speak up on proposed budget cuts
AUGUSTA — Keeping students away from alcohol, drugs, junk food and stress is an important service provided by school health centers, Maranacook High School senior Christian Wick said Friday.
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North Monmouth mother concerned about Head Start
AUGUSTA — Angela Krehbiel Vancil’s two children have benefited from Head Start, the federal early childhood intervention program for low-income families.
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Head Start proposal concerns local mother
AUGUSTA — Angela Krehbiel Vancil’s two children have benefited from Head Start, the federal early childhood intervention program for low-income families.
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LePage: Cuts are “not what I want to do”
The second day of public hearings on Gov. Paul LePage’s proposal to cut $221 million from the Department of Health and Human Services has begun, with 73 people signed up as of 9:10 a.m.
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Hundreds protest MaineCare cuts
AUGUSTA — More than 500 people came to the State House on Wednesday to oppose major changes that LePage has proposed to MaineCare, the state’s Medicaid program. About 140 testified before two legislative committees, while hundreds of others participated in a morning rally against the cuts..
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Vulnerable Mainers describe their worst fears
AUGUSTA — Dan Nichols has multiple sclerosis and is worried that his home, the Portland Center for Assisted Living, will be closed next year.
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Hundreds of protestors, witnesses denounce LePage’s budget
LePage is proposing to close the budget gap by ending Medicaid coverage for 65,000 Mainers, including the poor, elderly and children.
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Democrats looking for shortfall answers
AUGUSTA — Democrats continued to question the numbers driving Gov. Paul LePage’s proposed cuts to Medicaid on Tuesday as a legislative committee began four days of meetings to consider the plan.
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Democrats cite ‘budget errors’
AUGUSTA — Democrats continued to question the numbers driving Gov. Paul LePage’s proposed cuts to Medicaid on Tuesday as a legislative committee began four days of meetings to consider the plan.