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Bangor Daily News: Emily Cain: Higher education in Maine needs your vote

Posted: November 04, 2013

By Emily Cain Read more here This year’s election day is considered the off-season because there are no candidates on the ballot for state or...

MAINE’S WORKFORCE PANEL TO MEET WITH NATIONAL AND LOCAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP EXPERTS IN SOUTH PORTLAND

Posted: November 01, 2013

AUGUSTA—The Joint Select Committee on Maine’s Workforce and Economic Future will be meeting with national and local entrepreneurship and...

SENATOR VITELLI SPONSORS MEASURES TO INCREASE ACCESS TO WORKFORCE TRAINING, DENTAL CARE, AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

Posted: November 01, 2013

AUGUSTA – During the 2014 legislative session, the legislature will consider three bills sponsored by Senator Eloise Vitelli of Arrowsic to expand...

Another View: Harmon column did not reflect the reality of state assistance

Posted: November 01, 2013

Making people look for jobs that may not exist doesn’t make the state’s safety net programs more efficient. By State Sen. Anne Haskell,...

SENATOR HILL RECEIVES PERFECT SCORE ON EDUCATION RECORD

Posted: October 31, 2013

Education group praises lawmaker for supporting public schools   AUGUSTA – Senator Dawn Hill of York has received a 100% rating from the Maine...

Sun Chronicle: Student Shadows Valentino

Posted: October 31, 2013

By Kate Irish Collins Read more here Caitlyn Comeau, a junior at Thornton Academy in Saco and enrolled in the school’s Jobs for Maine’s...

Down East: The Politics of Logging

Posted: October 31, 2013

By Edgar Allen Beem Read more here Canadian loggers have been working in Maine’s North Woods since the nineteenth century, and Maine woodsmen...

MEASURE TO FIX MAINECARE RIDES ADVANCES

Posted: October 31, 2013

Senator Colleen Lachowicz sponsors bill to replace current flawed system with locally controlled model AUGUSTA---Legislative leadership has...

COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY BILL ADVANCES

Posted: October 30, 2013

Measure will explore options to increase access to higher education AUGUSTA—With a unanimous vote from the state’s legislative leadership...

MEASURE TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH AND PRISONS MOVES FORWARD

Posted: October 30, 2013

Bill addresses many of the concerns cited at Riverview   AUGUSTA—Earlier today, the legislative leadership panel voted in favor of allowing a...