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Maine public-power vote could shape new course for utilities
The Hill via Yahoo News· 7 months agoMaine residents are set to vote next week on a ballot initiative that would make the state the first...
Study: Most Maine schools fall short on Wabanaki history
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Maine Department of Education is not doing enough to enforce a decades-old law requiring...
Maine House primary candidates seek nominations in these York County districts
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhile most candidates in southern Maine are assured of getting their party’s nomination during the...
Organizations celebrate child care workers, call for federal government support
Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoMay 13—LEWISTON — Maine People's Alliance and YWCA Central Maine teamed up Monday to observe A Day Without Child Care, a national day of action. The purpose was to celebrate child care workers ...
Maine lawmakers hear calls for higher taxes on the wealthy, or for no income taxes at all
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 23—Maine lawmakers listened to three hours of debate Thursday about dueling tax reform proposals that would either raise taxes on the state's highest-income earners or simply phase out ...
After mass shooting, problems with Maine's mental healthcare system come into focus: Experts
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIn the more than two weeks since a mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, occurred at a bowling alley and...
Maine could become 12th state to enact paid family leave
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 6—Maine would become the 12th state to approve a paid family and medical leave benefit for workers statewide if a proposal clears the state House and Senate and is signed into law by Gov ...
Legislature approves budget with 11th-hour storm relief addition
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe Maine Legislature approved a supplemental state budget at nearly 3 a.m. Thursday morning that...
'Night of the Living Rez,' 'Trailed' among Maine Literary Award winners
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 22—Morgan Talty's collection of short stories, "Night of the Living Rez," and Kathryn Miles' nonfiction book "Trailed" are among the winners of this year's Maine Literary Awards. The Maine ...
Paid family leave proposals gain momentum in Maine
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNov. 20—Progressive activists and Democratic lawmakers are reviving efforts to enact paid family leave in Maine, which could give people up to 12 weeks paid time off to care for a new baby or ...
