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With benefits starting in 2026, Maine’s Paid Family and Medical …
Dec 4, 2024 · The Maine Department of Labor today released its final rules for the state’s comprehensive Paid Family and Medical Leave program, which will begin paying benefits to most Maine workers in 2026.. The new program, which is one of 14 in the nation (including 13 states and the Washington, D.C.), came after the Maine Paid Leave coalition (a group including the Maine Women’s Lobby and Maine ...
Maine small businesses should apply for disaster loans by …
Dec 18, 2024 · Months after back-to-back storms in January caused tremendous and ongoing damage on the Maine coast, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is urging small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and private non-natprofit organizations to apply for Economic Injury Disaster Loans by the December 23 deadline. “Even though the storm happened back
Maine is the only rural, working-class state led by Democrats. Why?
Nov 19, 2024 · As election results continue to roll in, the process of interpreting those results has begun. This might seem premature, since it could be months before we have an accurate account of who actually voted in states. (Notoriously unreliable exit polls don’t count.) We do already know some things, though. We know that Republicans, led by
Strong paid family and medical leave is vital to our state’s future ...
Oct 2, 2024 · As the comment period closed Monday on revised rules for Maine’s new paid family and medical leave program, a diverse group of more than 150 people from across the state told Maine’s Department of Labor that paid family and medical leave is vital for Mainers’ wellbeing and the state’s future. Commenters described their personal experiences
Opinion: The truth about Theriault - Maine Beacon
Oct 4, 2024 · About Ethan Strimling Ethan Strimling served for 10 years as the progressive mayor and state senator representing Portland. He also spent 19 years as the executive director of LearningWorks, a social service agency helping to break …
Wabanaki Alliance looks to the future as Maulian Bryant steps up …
Oct 17, 2024 · Maulian Bryant says she has been on the journey to leading the Wabanaki Alliance for most of her life. Bryant grew up in the fight for tribal self-determination. She’s the daughter of former Penobscot Nation Chief Barry Dana, and great niece of Donna Loring, who was tribal representative in the Maine legislature, Penobscot tribal council
Opinion: Mainers deserve a say in constitutional elections
Dec 3, 2024 · When I served in the state Senate from 2003–2005, Republicans sponsored constitutional amendments to change the way Maine picks our attorney general, secretary of state, and state treasurer.Last year, they tried again.. I voted with them back then and would have done the same last year — because, and I don’t say this often, they are right.. The system they have been trying to change ...
How Maine will respond to Trump’s “mass deportation” threats
Dec 2, 2024 · About 30 people, including leaders from Maine’s immigrant community, met with Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey and Rep. Mana Abdi (D-Lewiston) last week, to discuss their fears about President-elect Donald Trump’s recent threats of “mass deportations” of immigrants and how Maine’s government plans to respond. Rep. Abdi organized the event in partnership with Maine People’s
What’s on the November ballot in Maine — and what it means
Aug 1, 2023 · Maine’s November ballot will be busy, with eight measures for voters to consider, including a high-profile question about whether to replace the state’s embattled investor-owned utility companies, Central Maine Power and Versant, with a consumer-owned model. Last week, the Secretary of State’s Office released the order of referendum questions that Mainers will weigh in …