Joe Lawlor writes about health and human services for the Press Herald. A 24-year newspaper veteran, Lawlor has worked in Ohio, Michigan and Virginia before relocating to Maine in 2013 to join the Press Herald. He is still considered “from away” but since then, he has learned what a “dooryard” is, eaten “whoopie pies” drank Moxie and boiled some “lobstahs.” The stories he enjoys most are when he learns something and meeting inspiring people. He lives in South Portland - aka “SoPo” - with his wife, Melanie, and two school-age children.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2014
Maine health officials trying to sign up immigrants, hard-to-reach populations
More than 25,000 Mainers have signed up for health care coverage through ACA
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PublishedMarch 11, 2014
Uninsured Mainers can enroll in plans Tuesday
Maine ranks first among states using the federally run marketplace, as the March 31 deadline nears.
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PublishedMarch 9, 2014
Maine child care licensing supervisor reassigned
The DHHS will make changes – including significantly expanding staff – after an internal review over its handling of reports of abuse.
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PublishedMarch 5, 2014
Maine lawmakers vote to cancel LePage consultant’s contract
The Alexander Group won a $925,000 no-bid contract to look at a number of issues, with its first report recommending against Medicaid expansion.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2014
Maine panel to probe DHHS inaction on child-abuse reports
Legislators respond to accounts of day care reports being ignored by managers for months.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2014
Maine panel endorses changes to troubled MaineCare rides system
The bill would make it easier for local nonprofits to win contracts in hopes of fixing the rides-for-poor program.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2014
Ex-DHHS inspectors say Maine managers ignored child abuse
State officials disagree and say improvements are coming.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2014
Ex-inspectors for Maine DHHS likely to reveal flaws in day-care oversight
A Maine legislator says details from the two former workers may show how a Lyman case was just a symptom of major problems.
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2014
Let police, public give lifesaving drug, Maine panel says
In a party-line vote, the panel endorses a bill to expand who can administer naloxone in an opiate overdose emergency.
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2014
Maine bill calls for giving limited dental coverage to adults getting MaineCare
The goal is to reduce costly emergency room visits to treat dental pain.
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