Rep. Benjamin Collings, D-Portland, hopes it would lead to new policies requiring more housing assistance and resources.
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Top job, low pay: No governor makes less than Maine’s
There’s a new bipartisan push to raise the $70,000 salary for the state’s chief executive. But plenty of previous attempts have failed.
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Posted inBusiness, Politics
Maine paid family leave effort gets mixed business reaction
The proposed benefit would require a new payroll tax that some employers see as a burden, while others think it could help attract workers.
Posted inMaine, News
Bill seeks to crack down on vehicles covered in snow, ice
The bill would give drivers 48 hours to clear snow and ice from their vehicles, but it faces opposition from commercial truckers.
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Taking nothing for granite, lawmakers consider endorsing a state rock
Legislature weighs bill to honor Maine’s crystal-laden granitic pegmatite.
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Right to Repair ballot initiative petitions approved by Maine secretary of state
The issue will go before voters in November unless the Maine Legislature approves it this session.
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Police, prosecutors, Maine National Guard can do more to help sexual assault victims, AG says
Attorney General Aaron Frey released a report to lawmakers this week outlining how allegations of sexual assault and harassment within the Maine National Guard are investigated.
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Jim Fossel: Stop legislative wolves in sheep’s clothing
Let’s curtail trickery by lawmakers – at both the state and federal level.
Posted inHealth, Maine
Children are ‘languishing’ in hospitals while waiting for mental health services, providers say
Children with mental and behavioral health needs end up ‘languishing’ in hospitals for months on end thanks to long waiting lists and administrative barriers to treatment.
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Brewer lawmaker revives effort to ban child marriages in Maine
The legislation by Rep. Kevin O’Connell is part of a broader push to eliminate child marriage in the United States, and elsewhere, to prevent the exploitation of minors, especially girls.