A workforce shortage and low wages have created a crisis for those who need help from direct care workers. On Monday, some workers made their case for a pay hike to the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee.
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Collins named most bipartisan senator for 8th straight year
Maine’s senior U.S. senator topped the annual list from the Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.
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Maine Sen. Susan Collins wants to renew Farm to School grant program
Sen. Susan Collins says the bill is designed to raise the program’s funding to $15 million.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
Among other legislation, the Senate has passed a resolution condemning the horrific shootings in Atlanta on March 16.
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Texas voters head back to polls after congressman’s death
The widow of a Texas congressman who died after contracting the coronavirus is carrying Donald Trump’s endorsement into a special election.
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Republicans launch cultural attack on Biden’s American Families Plan
The president’s child-care proposal emerges as a special lightning rod for conservatives.
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More perilous phase ahead for Biden after his 1st 100 days
The president is governing with the most slender of majorities, while knowing that historically the party that holds the White House loses seats in midterm elections.
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Mills administration officials oppose bill to decriminalize drug possession
But people in recovery, medical providers, faith groups, legislators and advocates overwhelmingly support the proposal to make drug possession only a civil violation.
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Newsmax apologizes to Dominion security chief for false report of election manipulation
The conservative news network says that while it aired the accusations against Eric Coomer made by Donald Trump’s lawyers and supporters, it found no evidence that they were true.
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Eyeing 2024, Pence says he’ll push back on ‘liberal agenda’
The choice of South Carolina for the former vice president’s first public address since the end of the Trump administration has definite political overtones.