The agencies that employ people who care for adults with intellectual disabilities and the elderly in nursing homes say their workers would make less than the minimum wage if they don’t find a way to make up the difference.
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Down East physician weighs run against Collins in 2020
Cathleen London, a Democrat, says she used to respect Maine’s senior senator for her willingness to buck Republican orthodoxy, but believes that is no longer the case.
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LePage plans to veto Medicaid expansion funding bill
Advocates are urging 70,000 eligible Mainers to apply for benefits, even though the program is shrouded in uncertainty.
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Legal analyst tapped to be new director of Legislature’s watchdog office
Danielle Fox will be only the second director of the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability.
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Scandals haven’t beaten Pruitt, but a biofuel policy fight might
The fight over biofuels has pitted a corn state Republican against the oil industry with Pruitt caught in the middle.
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Vermont’s Sen. Leahy seeks to limit border search zones
The legislation would restrict the area in which ICE agents can stop vehicles and search private land to 25 miles.
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Bowdoin graduates are behind $20 million Facebook fundraiser for immigrants
Charlotte and Dave Willner started the viral effort after seeing a photo of a crying child who reminded them of their own daughter.
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Collins to judge Trump’s Supreme Court pick without ‘litmus tests’ such as Roe v. Wade support
Her spokeswoman says Maine’s Republican senator believes the landmark abortion ruling is settled law, and she won’t use the issue to disqualify a candidate to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy.
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Police arrest nearly 600 in D.C. as demonstrators protest Trump policy on migrant families
Scores of female protesters sit on the floor of a Senate office building to decry immigrants’ treatment at the border.
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Investigation of Maine labor department considered next priority after DHHS review
The Government Oversight Committee hasn’t taken any action on the investigation into the labor department over the concerns surrounding ReEmployME.