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2 months ago |
mainebeacon.com | Josh Keefe |Rose Lundy |Emily Bader |Stephanie McFeeters
On Tuesday morning, Claire Berkowitz, the CEO of Midcoast Maine Community Action in Bath, got some unusual and frightening news: her organization couldn’t access the federal funding it needed to run its Head Start program. Soon, she was hearing the same thing from her counterparts across Maine. “My first thought was ‘How can that be?’” said Berkowitz, who also serves as the chair of the statewide Maine Community Action Partnership.
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2 months ago |
themainemonitor.org | Josh Keefe |Rose Lundy |Emily Bader |Stephanie McFeeters
On Tuesday morning, Claire Berkowitz, the CEO of Midcoast Maine Community Action in Bath, got some unusual and frightening news: her organization couldn’t access the federal funding it needed to run its Head Start program. Soon, she was hearing the same thing from her counterparts across Maine. “My first thought was ‘How can that be?’” said Berkowitz, who also serves as the chair of the statewide Maine Community Action Partnership.
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Apr 28, 2024 |
themainemonitor.org | Stephanie McFeeters
The Maine Monitor is recapping the 131st Legislature by highlighting legislative bills you should know about. View all of our recaps. Drafted by legal scholar Lawrence Lessig, this bill proposes a $5,000 cap on contributions from individuals, businesses and political action committees to super PACs that make independent expenditures. Introduced as a citizen initiative, the bill was not enacted by the legislature but will appear as a statewide ballot measure in November.
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Mar 22, 2024 |
themainemonitor.org | Stephanie McFeeters
The state will establish two new public defender offices covering Aroostook, Piscataquis and Penobscot counties, and change the name of the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services to the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services. Gov. Janet Mills signed the emergency bill, L.D. 653, into law Thursday after it passed unanimously in both houses. The legislation creates positions for 10 new public defenders and 12 other staff members, bringing the total number of public defenders in Maine to 25.
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Nov 21, 2019 |
bostonglobe.com | Stephanie McFeeters
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