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Rooks: The downside of Maine's so-called 'tax relief'
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn the 1960s, when Maine had poorly paid teachers, decrepit high schools, and the lowest incomes in...
Gov. Mills taps Maine DHHS deputy commissioner to temporarily lead agency
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoDeputy Commissioner Sara Gagné-Holmes will serve as the acting commissioner of the Maine Department...
Amid growing national tensions, U.S. governors meet in Portland this week
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 11—With U.S. states tearing into rival camps over the rights of women, voters and gun owners, the desirability of free and fair elections and how to address the attempted coup on Jan. 6 ...
Maine island that was site of eviction of historic mixed-race community added to national register
theGrio via AOL· 7 months agoMaine’s governor apologized almost a century after the state kicked people off the land An island...
Republicans prioritize child welfare, propose to separate office from DHHS
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 17—Republican state lawmakers are proposing to make the Office of Child and Family Services a standalone department in an attempt to improve the state's beleaguered child welfare system ...
Rooks: A renewed balancing act for Maine legislature
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt seems possible – just – that this Maine Legislature could find some common ground, and claw back some territory from Gov. Mills, who like most...
Rooks: National Popular Vote Compact a highlight of disjointed Maine legislative session
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 2 months agoWhen the Legislature left town last week, it did so among confusion and a bevy of bills not acted...
Joseph Brennan, former Maine governor, congressman and political leader, dies at 89
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 months agoApr. 6—Former Maine Gov. Joseph Brennan, a Portland native who served as the state's 70th governor from 1979 to 1987 as part of a lengthy career in politics, died at his home Saturday. He was ...
Records show Mills' and LePage's nearly opposite views on immigration
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 30—Former Gov. Paul LePage sought to limit the flow of immigrants to the state during his eight years in office, cutting public support for noncitizens seeking asylum and ending the state's ...
Rooks: Hospitals are a big part of our national health care dilemma
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 9 months agoI used to think the gold standard for American health care reform would be a “universal” or “single...