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PublishedFebruary 5, 2020
Gideon campaign first to turn in voter signatures in Maine’s 2020 U.S. Senate race
Democrat and Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon is the 1st of 4 would-be challengers to incumbent U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, to turn in her petition for the June primary ballot.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2020
Mills calls for more caseworkers, troopers in $127 million supplemental budget
The governor is asking lawmakers to fund more child protection caseworkers, broadband expansion and increased aid for education, all priorities she highlighted in her State of the State address in January.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2020
Commentary: Maine should build on campaign-finance reform progress
Let's push to bar corporations from funding state-level candidates and PACs that engage in state elections.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2020
Our View: Maine should stop using youth prison for ‘care’
It's time for lawmakers to respond to wasteful and ineffective spending on youth incarceration.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2020
Our View: State must fill growing gap in affordable housing
A bill now before the Legislature could double the units built every year in Maine.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2020
Maine Compass: Maine conservatives should support land conservation
The bipartisan Land for Maine's Future program is endangered by the toxic politics seeping into our political culture.
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2020
National group advises Maine to invest in community services to reduce juvenile incarcerations
Preliminary findings by the Center for Children's Law and Policy show that 53% of detained youths were held because the state lacked alternative places to house them safely.
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2020
Democrats renew push for broadband expansion with $15 million proposal
Lawmakers rejected a borrowing plan for broadband investment last year, but a new bill would tap into the state's General Fund to support a plan developed by the ConnectME Authority.
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2020
Our View: Maine’s opioid epidemic is far from over
We're doing most of the right things to save lives. We just need to do more.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2020
Maine Compass: Legislature must fund critical investment in housing
L.D. 1645, a proposed tax incentive, will benefit low-income families and seniors around the state.
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