Por: Portland Press Herald Nation October 31, 2022
Multiple courts don’t have access to a local attorney who is qualified and available to work on some complex cases, records show. Photo by Samantha Hogan of The Maine Monitor The crisis in Maine’s legal defense system for the poor is worsening, with jailed defendants waiting as long as six weeks to be assigned an attorney and some parents of children who have been removed from home lacking a lawyer days before scheduled hearings, emails... + full article
Portland Press Herald USA Opinion October 29, 2022
A in the Press Herald noted the absurdity of some of the Republican rhetoric regarding who cares more about lobster fishing and the Gulf of Maine (“,” Oct. 23). The paper rightly points out that we all have a shared interest in the health of the Gulf of Maine, thriving... + más
Shying from Trump, LePage seeks his old job back | Portland Press Herald
LePage says Gov. Mills’ policies have fueled crime and drug use | Portland Press Herald
Portland Press Herald USA Opinion October 24, 2022
Our thoughts are with the millions of people suffering from the force and fury of recent hurricanes, especially those who have lost loved ones. Because the intensity of the storms is determined largely by the temperature of the ocean waters, a warmer climate causes the storms to... + más
Commentary: Maine still treating Indigenous tribes like second-class citizens | Portland Press Herald
What Sustainable Seafood Activists Get Wrong About Maine's Lobsters | Time
Portland Press Herald USA Opinion October 14, 2022
Last month that the state’s system for providing constitutionally mandated legal services to low-income Mainers, for years on the edge of emergency, had crossed over into crisis and needed immediate help. Three weeks later and help is no closer for the Maine Commission on... + más
Gov. Mills hesitant on emergency funds for indigent legal services, according to emails | Portland Press Herald
LePage: Gov. Mills 'very fortunate' that COVID came to Maine | Associated Press
Portland Press Herald USA Nation October 11, 2022
The governor appears hesitant to call a special session to consider a $13 million emergency funding request from the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services, according to new emails from the governor’s office. The commission sent a letter to Gov. Janet Mills last week,... + más
Our View: Mills, lawmakers have obligation to aid legal system for low-income Mainers | Portland Press Herald
Our View: Maine’s indigent legal services system cannot wait for help any longer | Portland Press Herald
Portland Press Herald USA Opinion October 10, 2022
The Indigenous tribes in Maine are second-class citizens. While 570 tribes across the country access beneficial laws passed by Congress, Maine’s tribes have been blocked from accessing many and must seek state permission to access others. Since the Maine Indian Claims... + más
Op-Ed: Online gambling from Prop. 27 wouldn't solve a bigger issue for California's tribes | Los Angeles Times
California tribes will manage, protect state coastal areas | WPLG Local 10
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
Portland Press Herald USA 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... + más
Indigent defender commission sends emergency funding request to governor, lawmakers | Portland Press Herald
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