While a conservative think tank indicates that the state spends roughly $40,000 on welfare per person in poverty, much of that cost goes to health care providers and administration.
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Maine news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Observe Memorial Day with these events across Maine
Several cities and towns will have parades and ceremonies.
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Posted inHealth, Maine, News, Politics
Maine upholds decision to suspend Medicaid payments to service provider
The Department of Health and Human Services suspended payments in December to Gateway Community Services, which has denied allegations of fraud.
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It’s fiddlehead season in Skowhegan
Photographer Rich Abrahamson focuses on the processing of the seasonal greens.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
Nirav Shah, Bobby Charles lead Maine governor’s race, new poll shows
Reaction to the poll was mixed.
Posted inElections, Maine, Nation & World, New England, News, Politics
Pro-Susan Collins super PAC launches website of ‘red flags’ on Graham Platner
The website is part of a second wave of attacks from Pine Tree Results, which has spent $4 million attacking Platner in recent weeks.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine
Edward Hopper’s ‘Monhegan Lighthouse’ sells at auction for more than $4M
The painting’s value was estimated at between $1.2 and $1.8 million and it shows Monhegan Island buildings that now house an art museum.
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Barney Frank, longtime congressman and gay rights pioneer, dies at home in Maine
Frank, the longtime Democratic congressman from Massachusetts, had moved to Ogunquit, Maine, with his husband last month to enter hospice care.
Posted inElections, Maine, Nation & World, New England, News, Politics
Graham Platner leads Susan Collins by 7 points in new independent poll
The Pan Atlantic Research poll is the first one since Gov. Janet Mills suspended her campaign last month, effectively handing the Democratic nomination to Platner.
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May movie events include Maine Mayhem Film Festival, the dark side of the American Dream
The indie film scene in Maine includes a screening of the late filmmaker Frederick Wiseman’s 1996 ‘Belfast, Maine’ – in Belfast.