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Apr 28, 2021

As housing crisis worsens, Maine homeowners need property tax relief

Maine has a housing crisis on its hands. Bolstered by an influx of homebuyers from other states escaping major cities amidst the pandemic...

Apr 7, 2021

Tuesday, April 13: Public Hearing on Making Health Care Work for Maine

Nearly one in five Mainers has gone without care or prescribed medication due to cost, and the pandemic has only made it worse. Now, we...

Mar 22, 2021

Speaker Fecteau Champions Career and Technical Education Centers in New Legislation

Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau introduced legislation on Wednesday to invest in Maine’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) Center...

Mar 13, 2020

Patients must come before profit.

Too many Mainers have to choose between paying rent, buying groceries, or seeing a doctor.

Feb 6, 2020

Maine AG, Human Rights Commission say labor violations being kept out of court

Mainers are being required to give up their right to sue their employers in the event of wrongdoing and instead having to agree to forced...

Feb 5, 2020

Newly proposed bill would disallow employers to have workers sign away rights

More than 250 companies who do business in Maine have their employees sign away their rights to sue. Mainers who face harassment and...

Jan 17, 2020

Mainers are overworked and underpaid. It's time to do something about it.

We traveled across the state to talk with folks about what guaranteed overtime benefits would mean to them. Their message to our...

Jan 13, 2020

Big Win For Democracy, Maine Bans Lobbyists from Making Political Contributions

Thanks to the leadership of Senator Chenette and Senator Jackson, LD 54 is now law making it harder for special interests to buy access...

Jan 8, 2020

We need to protect whistleblowers in Maine

In Maine, far too many labor violations go unreported. Maine workers deserve recourse against these violations, but until our leaders in...