The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Rachel Talbot Ross, D-Portland, would allow those charged with Class E misdemeanors like drinking in public to be released from jail without posting cash bail.
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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.
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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.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Tucked into Biden’s COVID-19 proposal: A push to cut child poverty in half
The idea has been debated in Congress for nearly two decades during which lawmakers have taken incremental steps to give more help to low-income families with children.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Families get long-term boost from support that focuses on both generations
Households that were struggling before COVID are gaining from access to counseling and education for parents and early learning for kids.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Haves, Have-Nots and Have-Lots – a tale of three economies
While we can work to lessen inequality, it is more important to lessen inequity.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: 2020 was a year of inequality
The coronavirus pandemic affected everyone, but some of us faced an outsized share of disruption.