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Category: Senator Craven

SENATE OVERRIDES GOVERNOR’S VETO OF PREVENTION FOR TOBACCO-RELATED ILLNESS

Posted: January 21, 2014

Bipartisan support to help Mainers quit smoking AUGUSTA – This morning in a 31-4 vote, the Senate voted to override Governor LePage’s veto of a...

COMMITTEE EXPOSES FUNDAMENTAL FLAWS IN CONTROVERSIAL ALEXANDER REPORT

Posted: January 14, 2014

AUGUSTA -- Fundamental flaws in the controversial Alexander report on Medicaid in Maine were exposed today during a hearing on its findings in the...

MAINERS SHARE PROBLEMS WITH FLAWED MAINECARE RIDES SYSTEM

Posted: January 09, 2014

Health and Human Services Committee considers two bills to find solution AUGUSTA---For more than two and a half hours, members of the public...

Bangor Daily News: DHHS kept critical internal CDC review hidden

Posted: December 26, 2013

By Lindsay Tice Read more here An internal review last spring by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services uncovered some of the very same...

Bangor Daily News: State investigation finds ‘manipulation,’ other problems in CDC grant awards

Posted: December 13, 2013

By Lindsay Tice Read more here AUGUSTA, Maine — A state investigation has found a host of problems with the way the Maine Centers for Disease...

Portland Press Herald: Maine CDC shredded documents justifying grant awards

Posted: December 13, 2013

By Steve Mistler Read more here Investigators find evidence that the award to at least one program was manipulated and that records justifying...

MPBN: State Probe: Maine CDC Workers Ordered to Destroy Documents

Posted: December 13, 2013

By Mal Leary Read more here The Legislature's Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability - or OPEGA - says that some staff at the...

INVESTIGATION RAISES MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS IN CDC SHREDDING INCIDENT

Posted: December 12, 2013

Lawmakers troubled by lack of transparency and documentation AUGUSTA--Following an independent investigation into allegations that public documents...

DHHS MANAGEMENT FAILURES AT CENTER OF COMMITTEE DISCUSSION

Posted: December 10, 2013

Staffing issues responsible for empty beds at Riverview, no solution to MaineCare ride debacle   AUGUSTA—The Legislature’s Health and Human...

LEPAGE GAG ORDER CONTINUES

Posted: December 10, 2013

Ongoing Department no-shows hinder lawmakers’ efforts to solve problems AUGUSTA – The LePage administration’s obstructionism and interference...