‘Kinship care,’ increasing the availability of treatment foster homes and intervening with high-risk families succeeded before – and can again.
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Mainers face double-digit shock in 2022 electricity supply rates
Experts say the expected increase is primarily a result of rising prices for natural gas. Maine’s solar policies also could increase rates in the coming years.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: More funding not a long-term fix for our state’s child care crisis
Instead of hoping for Washington to bail us out, Maine legislators should take a scalpel to onerous regulations.
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A wide range of new laws will take effect Monday
More than 500 nonemergency statutes will touch on everything from Narcan in schools to collecting data on racial profiling by police.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine’s new bail law may ease the crunch for struggling county jails
The sponsors of a new law that ends cash bail requirements for most minor charges say people who are not a danger to the public shouldn’t be stuck in county jails just because they’re too poor to pay bail.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Sen. Mattie Daughtry: Reproductive freedom is a human right
Maine will not move backward when it comes to a person’s right to access abortion and control their own body.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Dunlap leaving auditor’s post after failing certification exams
In a letter to Senate President Troy Jackson, former Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap said he is stepping aside after he was unable to pass a series of accounting certification exams.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Maine ethics commission orders investigation into conservative group’s software system
In a split vote, the commission decided to have its staff review whether the American Legislative Exchange Council is illegally trying to influence elections.
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Maine Legislature threatens legal action over federal lobstering restrictions
Lawmakers voted Wednesday to fight the federal government in court over new rules intended to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
Legislature and governor approve Maine’s new voting districts
The new districts for the Legislature, Congress and county commissioners will take effect in 2022.