None of the legislative proposals introduced this year to improve the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services made it into a supplemental budget passed by the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee last week.
Maine state budget
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: State funding is needed to ensure the safety of Maine children
To truly recognize April as Child Abuse Prevention Month, investing in abuse and neglect prevention alongside improvements to the intervention system is essential.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Proposed Inland Fisheries & Wildlife complex in Augusta could clean up polluted site
Gov. Janet Mills requested $39.5 million for the project, which would rejuvenate the former Statler Tissue Co. mill along the Kennebec River.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine’s new surplus should fund mental health
State refund checks will help offset inflationary pressures on households, but higher prices are not our only problem.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Don’t wait to fix Maine’s indigent defense
A lawsuit alleges what many observers of our system for hiring lawyers for the poor have found: The system is broken.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Gov. Mills’ budget is a blueprint, not a mandate
Maine legislators should think twice before spending the surplus on one-time programs and election-year stunts.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Pay Maine community college instructors fairly before granting free tuition
The economic feasibility of a social good cannot rely on the continued perpetuation of a socioeconomic injustice.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Why not a sales-tax holiday for Maine?
The projected $800 million budget surplus has positioned Maine well to provide some relief to our more cash-strapped friends and neighbors.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Maine budget surplus presents an opportunity
The projected $800 million can be used ideally to simplify our tax system, or at least to bolster the rainy day fund and invest in infrastructure.
Posted inLocal & State, News
State tax revenues continue to outpace forecasts 2 months into the fiscal year
Gov. Janet Mills announced Tuesday that state revenues were $42 million ahead of forecasts since July 1.