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PublishedFebruary 15, 2022
As energy costs rise, Maine lawmakers consider new plan to ease ratepayers’ pain
A bill under review in the Legislature would pursue a holistic, long-term approach to lowering costs for Maine energy consumers.
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PublishedFebruary 15, 2022
Maine Voices: Save people like my friend Madison – pass L.D. 1862
Expand Maine’s Good Samaritan law, so others will not hesitate to call 911 when their friends are in crisis.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2022
Bill aims to lower the cost of the most expensive prescription drugs for Mainers
The bill would ensure that Mainers pay no more for prescription medications than their Canadian neighbors.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2022
Maine Voices: Pine Tree Amendment would help both businesses and the environment
The Pine Tree Amendment could help participants in the fishing and other industries ensure their voices are heard in local and state governance.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2022
Lawmakers reconsider decades-old restrictions on Maine tribes’ sovereignty, long a flashpoint
Hearings on bills to overturn restrictive provisions of the historic 1980 land claims settlement acts with Maine’s tribes to be held Tuesday.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2022
Maine Voices: Funding must follow mandate for Medicaid providers
People who care for Medicaid recipients deserve a living wage – but their employers can’t afford to pay it unless Maine raises the reimbursement rate.
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2022
Maine’s child welfare system failed 3-year-old who died, grandmother tells lawmakers
The grandmother of Maddox Williams, whose mother is charged with murder in his death, gave emotional testimony to a legislative committee that's investigating Maine's child welfare system.
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2022
Gov. Mills’ proposed $500 checks would reach more Mainers than previous relief payment
About 800,000 taxpayers would benefit from the proposal, including 275,000 people who were ineligible last year because they were retirees, self-employed or business owners.
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2022
Maine Voices: End racial profiling on Maine’s highways
A bill before the Legislature could give law enforcement fewer pretexts to make questionable stops.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2022
Gov. Mills’ State of the State address to focus on pandemic response, budget surplus
The high-profile speech comes as Mainers grow weary of pandemic restrictions and as Mills and her party hope to retain control of the Blaine House and both chambers of the Legislature in November's elections.
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