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Union Construction Industry Unites to Combat Substance Use Disorder and Build Mental Wellness at 4th...
FOX 4 Kansas City· 11 hours agoConstruction workers are five times more likely to die by suicide than safety-related issues2. BTEA is uniting the union construction industry to combat this crisis and save ...
Maine and Massachusetts residents sentenced for sex trafficking vulnerable woman in 2015
FOX 23 Maine· 2 days agoDepartment of Justice reports that 32-year-old Ricardo Middletonand two co-defendants exploited a...
April is Alcohol Awareness Month | Here's what Mainers should know
WCSH 6 Portland· 1 day agoAccording to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, alcohol is the most widely misused...
Maine Is a Warning for America's PFAS Future
The Atlantic· 2 weeks agoCordelia watched the fruit drop to the ground and rot: Her neighbor didn’t dare eat it. The Saunderses’ home, in Fairfield, Maine, is in a quiet,...
Maine House and Senate at odds over supplemental budget proposal
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 7 days agoApr. 17—AUGUSTA — The Maine House of Representatives and Senate were at odds early Thursday over what should be included in a supplemental budget, with ...
Proposal for separate child welfare department dies after Maine House fails to take action
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 days agoApr. 23—A proposal to create a standalone department to oversee child welfare in Maine died in the Legislature after the House of Representatives failed to hold a vote — even ...
Gov. Mills signs supplemental budget into law
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThis story may be updated. Gov. Janet Mills on Monday signed the supplemental budget advanced by legislative Democrats last week after extensive...
National Association of Social Workers honors Rep. Crafts as 'Social Worker of the Year'
Bangor Daily News· 1 week agoThe National Association of Social Workers, the NASW Foundation, and the Maine Chapter of NASW is thrilled to announce Rep. Lydia Crafts of Maine ...
Advocates celebrate funding for recovery community centers, say it will save lives
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 5 days agoLawmakers and advocates praised action taken by the Maine Legislature in the final hours of this...
Polluters must pay to clean up areas contaminated with PFOA, PFOS
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe Department of Defense is also subject to the new requirements. PFOA and PFOS are now classified...