AUGUSTA — The Maine Senate on Tuesday gave initial approval to a Republican-sponsored bill to accept federal dollars to expand access affordable...
AUGUSTA — Democrats in the Maine Senate on Wednesday blocked a bill by Gov. Paul LePage that would allow the state to transfer mental health...
Gov. LePage’s Department of Health and Human Services recently announced its plan to make dramatic cuts to services for people living with...
AUGUSTA — Sen. Nate Libby, D-Lewiston, is urging his colleagues in the House and Senate to focus the remainder of the session on on real,...
Plan restores accountability, puts Mainers to work, prevents fraud and abuse AUGUSTA — Maine’s Democratic leaders on Thursday unveiled...
AUGUSTA — A bill by Senate Democratic Leader Justin Alfond to streamline needless bureaucracy and improve access to anti-hunger programs for...
AUGUSTA — During a public hearing Thursday at the Health and Human Services Committee, Senate Democratic Leader Justin Alfond, D-Portland,...
The state-run psychiatric hospital in Augusta has many, many problems, and Governor Paul LePage’s plan to fix it is to put sick, innocent...
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage’s proposal to mix severely mentally ill patients with convicted criminals will face fierce resistance by Senate...
AUGUSTA — Sen. Anne Haskell of Portland, the leading Senate Democrat on the Health and Human Services Committee, released the following...