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Portland Press Herald: Maine Education Committee Hopes to Introduce School Funding Reform Bill

Posted: December 12, 2013

Several lawmakers say they will push for a bill in the January session incorporating recommendations from a study on how the state funds public...

Seacoast Online: Bill seeks answers about Anthem hospital criteria

Posted: December 12, 2013

By Deborah McDermott Read more here Six in Maine excluded from health insurance network YORK, Maine — State Sen. Dawn Hill, D-York, is filing a...

SENATOR CAIN ISSUES STATEMENT ON LINCOLN PAPER MILL LAYOFFS

Posted: December 11, 2013

200 workers indefinitely laid off due to boiler explosion AUGUSTA – Democratic Senator Emily Cain of Orono issued the following statement in...

Portland Press Herald: Maine education committee hopes to introduce school funding reform bill

Posted: December 11, 2013

By Noel Gallagher Read more here Several lawmakers say they will push for a bill in the January session incorporating recommendations from a study...

Portland Press Herald: Troubled MaineCare rides broker may want more funds

Posted: December 11, 2013

By Joe Lawlor Read more here A document signaling that a request is in the works angers legislators already out of patience over the contractor’s...

Seacoast Online: Universal pre-K worth the cost

Posted: December 11, 2013

By Ron McAllister Read more here Seven months ago (May 9, 2013) a legislative hearing in Augusta considered the idea of universal pre-kindergarten...

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’s Blue Ribbon Commission Finds No Bias in Employment Hearing Cases

Posted: December 10, 2013

Report does not address Governor’s intimidation of hearing officers   AUGUSTA --- Maine’s unemployment hearing officers show “no direct...

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...

Investing Early Pays Off

Posted: December 09, 2013

Special Submission to the Times Record Early in my career, I served as a Head Start teacher in the Midcoast and saw firsthand the benefits of early...