A Portland official has raised an issue that should be discussed in every school district.
Poverty
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Child tax credit invests in our nation’s future
A program that cuts child poverty in half is going to disappear in three months unless Congress acts.
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Posted inMaine
More affordable housing among the calls for how Waterville spends COVID-19 relief money
Helping the homeless and ensuring stable housing were mentioned at a Waterville City Council hearing Tuesday as the panel seeks input on how to spend $1.7 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funding.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Federal relief funds should target Mainers hit hardest by the pandemic
Our health and economic well-being are bound together, and we can all become weaker when some people are left behind.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, News
New child tax credits offer lifeline for some Maine families
The monthly payments will go to some 230,000 Maine families, part of an expanded child tax credit approved by Congress under the American Rescue Plan Act.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Biden moving to improve legal services for poor, minorities
President Joe Biden plans to take executive action to ensure minorities, low-income Americans and others have better access to quality legal representation after services dwindled during the Trump administration.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Legislators weigh whether to require free tampons and pads in Maine schools
Hoping to ease the burden on students, legislators may mandate free sanitary supplies in bathrooms.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: An epidemic of suffering will outlast COVID
We could end hunger and poverty in this country. But up to now, we have chosen not to.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Let’s turn pandemic lifelines into ladders out of poverty
The Child Tax Credits are the best opportunity in decades to help families create financial stability – if we can multiply their impact by coordinating resources and aligning policies.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Biden’s Rescue Plan sends aid where it’s needed
Millions of families, in Maine and across the country, can’t wait for a slow economic recovery to reach them.