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PublishedMarch 3, 2022
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.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2022
Lawmakers consider sweeping affordable housing reform bill
The bill aims to cut the regulatory red tape that supporters say is exacerbating Maine's housing crisis.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2022
Stepped-up training cuts Maine’s projected nurse shortage in half
Maine is projected to be short 1,450 registered nurses in 2025, down from the 3,200 projected previously, according to a new report.
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PublishedMarch 1, 2022
Lawmakers hear bill to create protest-free zone around Maine abortion clinic entrances
The measure would create a medical safety zone within 8 feet of the front door of all healthcare facilities.
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PublishedMarch 1, 2022
Gov. Mills proposes bigger refunds to taxpayers as state budget surplus grows
Gov. Janet Mills proposes using half of a $411 million projected rise in the state's revenue surplus to increase direct payments to taxpayers from $500 to $750.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2022
Bills to advance, constrain tribal land rights presented to state lawmakers
Tribes support bill to create process for tribal access to state-owned sacred areas, reject bill constraining where they can acquire new trust lands
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2022
Our View: Maine should not miss chance to make utilities better
But a consumer-owned utility may remain the goal even as companies and regulators are put on notice that performance must improve.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2022
Jim Fossel: Maine needs more competition in gambling
A sports betting monopoly for the Wabanaki tribes would be a bad deal for everyone.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2022
The Maine Millennial: Expanded ‘Good Samaritan’ law needed to slow Maine overdose deaths
When what you are doing doesn’t work, it’s time to try something else. Our current drug policies aren’t working.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2022
Maine Voices: Bill could help college students graduate, ease Maine’s worker shortage
By reining in the withholding of transcripts over unpaid bills, L.D. 1838 will let Mainers get their degrees and jobs.
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