Por: Portland Press Herald Nation October 08, 2022
State officials and lawyers with the ACLU of Maine will start discussing next week a potential settlement to a lawsuit that alleges Maine provides ineffective legal services to low-income people who need a lawyer at the state’s expense. Four settlement meetings between the Maine Attorney General’s Office and ACLU of Maine are scheduled for Wednesday through Nov. 7 to potentially resolve a class action filed in March 2022 that alleges Maine... + full article
Portland Press Herald USA Nation October 09, 2022
Portland’s Cheverus High School is the first religious school in Maine to qualify for publicly funded tuition following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in a Maine school choice case this... + más
Maine OKs 1st religious school for tuition reimbursement | The Boston Globe
David Shapiro: US Supreme Court vs. states’ highest courts: We are giving kids the wrong message. | Chicago Tribune
Portland Press Herald USA Health October 08, 2022
A sign at the entrance of Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston in 2020 warns about the dangers of the influenza virus. Statistics on the flu from the Maine CDC show that the COVID-19 pandemic played a significant role in the decrease of confirmed cases over the last two... + más
Sheldon Jacobson and Janet Jokela: Will we have a severe flu season? It doesn’t need to be that way. | Chicago Tribune
‘Do I have to get a flu shot?’ Your flu questions answered | Orlando Sentinel
ABC News USA Business October 04, 2022
Sheryl Sandberg opened her next chapter as a full-time philanthropist Tuesday with a donation to the American Civil Liberties Union to fight state abortion bans across the country.Sandberg, who officially left her position as ’s parent company Meta’s chief operating officer... + más
Please Stop Fawning Over Sheryl Sandberg’s Dinky Abortion Rights Donation | Slate
Sheryl Sandberg donates $3 million to ACLU to protect abortion access | The Hill
Politico USA Health October 04, 2022
Sheryl Sandberg is donating $3 million to the American Civil Liberties Union’s abortion rights advocacy work less than a week after formally stepping down as the chief operating officer of Meta, Facebook’s parent company. It’s the biggest single donation to the ACLU’s... + más
Sheryl Sandberg steps into abortion fight with ACLU donation | ABC News
Portland Press Herald USA Nation September 29, 2022
The state agency responsible for providing legal counsel to low-income Mainers is moving forward with a $13.3 million request for emergency funding – but officials admit it’s unlikely state leaders will agree to call a necessary special session. Maine is the only state in... + más
Our View: Maine’s indigent legal services system cannot wait for help any longer | Portland Press Herald
Shutdown threat grows as lawmakers struggle to reach final deal | The Hill
Portland Press Herald USA Business September 24, 2022
The Maine Attorney General’s Office on Friday decided to walk away from an $11 million agreement with electronic cigarette manufacturer Juul after objecting to certain conditions from the company. Maine was set to receive about between the manufacturer and 33 states and... + más
Maine opts out of $440M multistate settlement with Juul | Associated Press
Juul will pay $438.5 million to states over youth vaping investigation | The Verge
Portland Press Herald USA Opinion September 24, 2022
To the surprise of absolutely no one, Maine’s system for indigent legal services is in crisis, without enough lawyers to cover cases, or money to attract more. People wait outside the Biddeford District Court to make their initial court appearances. Earlier this year,... + más
Indigent defender commission sends emergency funding request to governor, lawmakers | Portland Press Herald
Thousands of Maine people per day getting their booster doses | Portland Press Herald
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