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Bill to extend MaineCare coverage to noncitizens wins support in Maine House
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJun. 26—AUGUSTA — The Maine House of Representatives voted 78-61 Monday to allow income-eligible noncitizens to receive health coverage under the state's Medicaid program. The bill sponsored ...
Study reveals racial disparities in South Portland arrests
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 6—SOUTH PORTLAND — Black residents of the city are four times more likely to be arrested than white residents, according to a new analysis of arrests and traffic stops by city police. Independent ...
My Extremely Naive And Innocent Brain Wept After Learning About These Dark True Crime Cases
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA little while back we asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us about a more obscure true crime story...
Names to Know: New professionals in the healthcare community
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years agoYork Hospital welcomes new medical staff YORK, Maine — York Hospital welcomes the following...
CORRECTION: CORRECTION: State plans temporary emergency shelter in Portland, housing for asylum...
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMay 26—The Mills administration plans to open a temporary emergency shelter in Portland for as many as 280 homeless adults and is renovating housing units in three cities to accommodate as many ...
House narrowly approves bill to send fewer youths to troubled prison
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo Finance· 1 month agoMar. 28—AUGUSTA — The House of Representatives voted narrowly on Thursday in support of a proposal to reduce the number of young people who are sent to the state's youth prison in South Portland ...
Maine, N.H. and Vermont see rising number of out-of-state patients seeking abortions
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 15—More than a dozen patients from states where abortions have been banned or greatly restricted have traveled to Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont to receive abortion services in the past ...
Municipal leaders ask state to increase General Assistance reimbursements
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 5—Leaders from some of Maine's largest cities appeared before lawmakers Friday to urge them to increase the reimbursement rate for General Assistance and have the state pick up more of the ...
State launches 988 helpline as part of national response network
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 18—The new 988 mental health crisis hotline is up and running in Maine, state officials announced Monday. The nationwide service, which provides help to those who are suicidal or having ...
What can Maine do?
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMay 26—STORY BY RANDY BILLINGS, STAFF WRITER Fifth of six parts Read the Long Way Home series Four years after asylum seekers from Africa began arriving in large numbers, Maine still does not ...
