janet mills Archives - Centralmaine.com

Business, Health, Local & State, News, Politics

Lawmaker proposing MaineCare dental benefit for low-income adults

by Joe Lawlor January 24, 2019January 24, 2019

The proposal by Rep. Drew Gattine would make Maine the 34th state to provide some form of dental coverage, which is now available only to children under the Medicaid program.

Local & State, News, Politics

Mills set to name ‘opioid czar’ for Maine this week

by Eric Russell January 23, 2019January 23, 2019

Maine’s Democratic governor will announce on Thursday her choice for a new state position, director of opioid response.

Local & State, Politics

Mills appoints senior adviser for tribal affairs as state tries to improve relations

by Kevin Miller January 23, 2019January 24, 2019

Donna Loring, a former police chief and Penobscot Nation representative to the Legislature, will serve as a liaison between the Mills administration and tribal governments.

Local & State, Politics

Maine Gov. Mills rejects work requirements LePage sought for Medicaid

by Joe Lawlor January 22, 2019January 23, 2019

The Trump administration approved the requirements just days before Paul LePage left office, but Gov. Janet Mills says that change would leave more Mainers uninsured.

Health, Life & Culture, Local & State, News, Politics

Mills says state must be ‘backstop’ against federal efforts to restrict abortion

by Kevin Miller January 22, 2019January 23, 2019

She declares Tuesday that those who would reduce access to legal abortions ‘are going to have to get through me first.’

Local & State, Politics

Mills launches official social media accounts

by MWC Bot January 22, 2019January 22, 2019

Gov. Janet Mills created new official accounts on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Local & State, News, Politics

Read Gov. Janet Mills’ speech at Portland’s Martin Luther King celebration

January 21, 2019January 21, 2019

Gov. Janet Mills’ speech at the 38th annual Martin Luther King Jr. dinner Monday night at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland: “Let us all hope,” wrote Martin Luther King, Jr. from his narrow cell in Birmingham, “that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away and the deep fog of misunderstanding […]