Poppy’s Redemption Center is under threat of closing just two months after opening at 246 Main St., according to a post on its Facebook page Sept. 11.
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‘No easy fix’ to Maine’s indigent defense crisis, director tells lawmakers
The executive director of the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services tells the Government Oversight Committee that defendants in over 860 criminal cases need an attorney.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, News
Watch: Mainers invited to design new version of old state flag in contest ahead of November vote
Voters will be asked this fall whether Maine should change its official state flag from the current one based on the state seal to a simpler, pine tree design dating to 1901.
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Stepping down from State House, Augusta’s Pouliot plans to focus on family, business, housing
After 12 years in the Legislature, Sen. Matt Pouliot, an Augusta Republican, is looking forward to fatherhood, and to helping end Maine’s housing shortage.
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Gov. Mills vetoes 3 bills, including measure to set minimum wage for farmworkers
The House and Senate will come back to vote on any vetoes, which require two-thirds support to overturn.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Advocates for ban on flavored tobacco decry lack of vote in Maine House
The legislation died Thursday, and proponents would have to introduce a new version next legislative session.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
After Lewiston shooting, Maine lawmakers approve expanded background checks, waiting period
But the full Legislature never took up a proposal for a red flag law that would give families, in addition to law enforcement, the ability to restrict a person’s access to weapons without a mental health evaluation.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Maine Legislature preserves expansion of Medicare Savings Programs
Lawmakers rejected an effort by the Mills administration to scale back the expansion, preserving benefits for an estimated 45,000 newly eligible low-income Mainers.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Lawmakers pass supplemental budget that includes $60 million in storm relief
Gov. Janet Mills says she plans to sign the $430 million budget into law and hopes to distribute the winter storm damage relief as soon as possible.
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House, Senate debate over supplemental budget proposal stretches into early hours
Both chambers of the Maine Legislature voted to add $60 million in storm relief into the budget proposal, but the Senate also added $7 million in additional spending on other items.