Maine lawmakers, activists discuss next step in fight to lower drug prices for all
On the heels of Democrats’ passage of what they are heralding as a drug price reform bill decades in the making, health care advocates, state lawmakers and impacted people in Maine met on Thursday to assess the bill and discuss what still needs to be done on both the state and federal levels to fight…
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Maine Med nurses ratify first union contract in culmination of lengthy labor campaign
Nurses at Maine Medical Center overwhelmingly voted to ratify their first union contract after reaching…
Manchin’s energy permitting plan roils U.S. Senate and House Democrats
The energy permitting proposal centrist Democrat U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin III made a condition of…
U.S. House passes bill reforming Electoral Count Act to stop Jan. 6 repeat
The U.S. House passed on Wednesday a bill updating a 19th-century law in an attempt…
White House: Nearly 280,000 Mainers qualify for student loan forgiveness
Almost 280,000 Mainers are eligible to have some or all of their student loans forgiven, the White House announced Tuesday.…
Amid debates in Maine, ‘unprecedented flood’ of book bans engulf U.S. school districts
More than 1,600 book titles across 32 states were banned from public schools during the 2021-2022 school year, with the…
Inflation Reduction Act signals consumer-owned power will be ‘driving force’ in climate fight
Proponents of consumer-owned electric utilities in Maine and across the country say that the $370 billion climate bill passed by…
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Black Lives Matter wins victory in Portland with city charter commission
More than 72 percent of Portland residents voted “yes” on Question A on Tuesday to form a charter commission that…
Pro-democracy advocates applaud Maine for protecting voting rights during pandemic
With Maine communities essentially locked down for an undetermined length of time, and the June primary around the corner, pro-democracy…
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Medicaid expansion, COVID relief helped Maine reach record levels of health coverage in 2021
The number of Mainers with health coverage reached a historic high in 2021, boosted by the continued impact of Medicaid…
Wabanaki nations elect new tribal leaders, Maliseet appoints first ambassador
The Penobscot and Passamaquoddy nations held elections on Sept. 13 and saw several leaders re-elected to four-year terms as tribal…
Biden administration targets deep waters near Maine, Oregon for new offshore wind power
The Biden administration will seek to add deep-water offshore wind energy, a developing technology that isn’t yet widely used, to…
Opinion: New tax relief plan will disproportionately benefit wealthy seniors
This year, lawmakers included a tax change in the state’s budget that will significantly expand tax benefits for pension recipients in Maine. Beginning in 2023, pension recipients will be allowed to exempt up to $25,000 in pension income from state income taxes, and that amount will increase to $35,000 for tax years 2025 and after.…
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Opinion: In post-Roe America, restrictions on abortion care will have psychological harms
“I’m struggling a bit this morning,” a client of mine stated at the start of…
Opinion: LePage’s hateful plot to undermine public education in Maine
It’s no secret that Paul LePage is no fan of public education. As governor he…
Opinion: Four ways the historic climate bill will benefit Mainers
The most significant investment in climate action and clean energy in U.S. history has been…
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Podcast: Do you want to fund schools or ban books?
Esther, Ben and Mike discuss competing priorities on education in the governor’s race, Maine’s record decrease in residents without health…
Podcast: Exploring new polling on medicaid expansion, abortion rights
On the podcast this week, Esther, Ben and Mike discuss new polling from the Maine People’s Resource Center, new developments…
Podcast: Ranked-choice voting spreads from Maine to Alaska
On the podcast this week, the hosts discuss celebrating Labor Day in the midst of a surge of union organizing,…
