A group, formed in response to a Press Herald investigation, recommends changes to Maine law to address often confusing and frustrating hospital billing practices.
Maine
Maine news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World
The battle to change Native American logos wages on, but some communities are reinstating them
A 2019 law in Maine prohibits Native American logos in public schools and colleges.
advertisement
Posted inMaine, News
Maine’s highest court vacates termination of mother’s parental rights
The justices found that the state failed to provide critical nursing services that the child was legally entitled to receive and could have made a difference in the case.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Proposal would extend program for low-income electricity customers struggling to pay bills
A law that helps customers catch up on past-due electric bills by forgoing a portion of the past amount is set to expire in September.
Posted inMaine
Party-line committee vote spells trouble for proposed constitutional right to abortion
The bill now goes to the Senate, where at least two Republicans would need to join with Democrats to get the two-thirds threshold needed for the constitutional amendment.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Maine Republicans oppose background checks for private gun sales
The governor’s office said Republicans mischaracterized the background check proposal and incorrectly stoked fear that it would lead to a registry of firearm owners.
Posted inMaine
Carthage woman sent to hospital after two-vehicle collision in Farmington
Sholarn Jones, 50, of Carthage complained of chest pain and was taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, News
Gardiner Ambulance puts out plan to clear $900,000 it’s owed, make costs more predictable
The Gardiner Ambulance Service, which serves all or part of eight communities in southern Kennebec County, relies on revenue from ambulance calls and annual payments from its partners to keep the service afloat.
Posted inMaine, Politics, Schools and Education
Maine education chief unveils plan to reform failing Child Development Services
Commissioner Pender Makin lays out a 3-year plan to transition responsibility for providing disability services to 3- and 5-year-old children from the Department of Education to local school districts.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, News
Skowhegan’s new $8M public safety building set to open later this month
The facility offers several needed upgrades for the police and fire departments, though its opening has been pushed back by nearly a year due to several minor setbacks in construction.