New Proposed Bill Would Ban Tenant Application Fees for Maine Renters
For the past few years, state legislators in Augusta have passed a variety of bills to address Maine's housing crisis. A few examples...
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- Apr 27
Safeguarding Absentee Voting Is a Win for our Democracy
Absentee voting remains one of the easiest and most effective ways for Mainers to participate in the democratic process. This voting...
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- Apr 11
New Proposed Bill Seeks To Make General Election Day A State Holiday
In 2020, roughly seventy-eight percent of eligible Maine voters cast their ballots in the November election. Voter participation in that...
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- Apr 11
State Legislature Works To Ensure a Fair Workweek For Maine Workers
In Maine, we owe our thriving economy to the hard working people in our workforce. Their contributions to businesses across the state are...
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- Mar 31
New bill to aid, support employee-owned and cooperative businesses
Maine is well known for its many small businesses. They make up the backbone of our economy and our communities, and employee-owned...
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- Feb 10
The Paid Family Medical Leave Commission Releases Its Report.
This week, The Commission To Develop a Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Program released its recommendations for a comprehensive...
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- Feb 3
Check Your Mailbox! Energy Relief Payments Are On the Way.
Starting this week, the first round of $450 energy relief payments are in the mail, and heading to eligible Maine taxpayers! This...
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- Jan 19
Winter is Here - Make Use of Maine’s Energy Efficiency Resources.
As temperatures dip below freezing, Mainers are finding the cost of heating their homes and keeping the lights on has reached a new high....
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- Jan 13
Governor Mills Recently Unveiled Her Two-Year Budget Proposal. Here’s What You Need To Know.
The Mills administration recently unveiled its budget proposal for the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year. The $10.3 billion two-year budget proposal...
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- Jan 9
Maine Legislature Passes Bipartisan Heating Relief Bill To Help Curb Rising Energy Costs This Winter
Last week, the Maine Legislature voted to approve a proposal from Governor Mills to provide heating assistance to Mainers amid inflation...
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- Nov 30, 2022
How the Maine Legislature Can Help Working Families in 2023
As this year draws to a close, we are celebrating the progress we made in 2022. The Maine Jobs and Recovery Plan expanded workforce...
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- Nov 18, 2022
Maine Voters Would Benefit From Permanent Absentee Voting.
As we’ve pointed out in the past, absentee voting remains one of many ways Maine voters can make their voices heard at the ballot. The...
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- Nov 1, 2022
Do You Have a Voting Plan?
Did you know that people are more likely to vote if they have a plan in place ahead of time? Writing out a voting plan or talking about...
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- Oct 28, 2022
Energy Assistance is On the Way for Small Businesses
In response to this year’s massive swing in electric rates, the Maine Legislature and Governor Mills passed LD 2010 – a bill proposed by...
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- Oct 25, 2022
Thousands Of Mainers Stand To Benefit From Closure Of The “Family Glitch.”
The Biden Administration recently announced that the Treasury Department is finalizing a fix to the so-called Family Glitch in the...
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- Oct 21, 2022
Five questions candidates for Governor in Maine should be asked to answer at the next debate.
Question 1: At some point in everybody's life, they are going to need to take an extended period off from work. Whether they have a new...
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- Oct 14, 2022
RECAP: Maine’s First Gubernatorial Debate.
On Tuesday October 4, Maine Governor Janet Mills, former governor Paul LePage, and independent candidate Sam Hunkler faced off in the...
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- Oct 3, 2022
TUNE IN: Commission on Paid Family and Medical Leave Discusses Implementation Of A Statewide Program
On Monday, October 3rd, the Commission on Paid Family and Medical Leave will hold a meeting to discuss the preliminary findings of an...
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- Sep 30, 2022
Census Reporting Finds Maine Led the Country In Reducing Rates of Uninsured Residents.
A recent U.S. Census report found that the percentage of Maine residents without health insurance dropped from 8 percent to 5.7 percent...
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- Sep 20, 2022
Here’s How Mainers Stand To Benefit From Student Loan Forgiveness.
The Biden Administration recently announced a proposal to forgive up to $20,000 of federal student loans for graduates across the...
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