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Letter to the editor: Expand winter assistance to Maine’s homeless

Por: Portland Press Herald Opinion December 12, 2022

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It is disappointing that the plan to distribute checks to help Mainers with heating costs . It would have been most welcome relief for some of the skyrocketing cost of fuel this winter. Since the Legislature will have to go back to the drawing board, I wish to ask that a larger portion be set aside for those who have no homes to heat. We may have a budget surplus, but unfortunately we have a surplus of unhoused Mainers, too. Seeing news reports... + full article



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