Apr 15Funding Maine Schools In Uncertain TimesIt’s been a tough few years for Maine students and educators. The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic created major disruptions in the...
Feb 14The Maine Jobs and Recovery Plan, ExplainedIt’s been a difficult two years for Maine. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many people lost their jobs and many industries have suffered....
Nov 22, 2021Over Half a Million Mainers Will Receive Hazard PayOn November 10, Governor Mills announced that 524,754 working Mainers will receive one-time Disaster Relief Payments of $285, to be...
Nov 10, 2021Should Children Be Vaccinated for COVID-19?With the recent announcement that the FDA and CDC have approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11, parents rightfully have...
Nov 5, 2021No CMP Corridor, and Other Election HighlightsTuesday’s election went off without a hitch, with one of the state's highest turnouts for a referendum-only election. Mainers were fired...
Oct 15, 2021Maine’s Vaccination Milestone: 1 Million Vaccinated!Earlier this month, Maine reached a major milestone in the fight against COVID-19. Over 1 million Mainers are now fully vaccinated,...
Sep 24, 2021Teachers and School Staff Combat COVID-19, Protect StudentsPfizer this week announced that its COVID-19 vaccine is effective for children ages 5 to 11. While this is great news in a time where...
Sep 13, 2021The Federal Government is Ending COVID-Related Federal Assistance. What’s Next for Mainers?The federal government has dealt working families across the country a one-two punch in the past few weeks. On August 27, the Supreme...
Aug 30, 2021Do We Really Still Need Masks?As children prepare to go back to school while the Delta variant surges across Maine, masks are back in fashion. School districts across...
Aug 16, 2021Is the COVID-19 Vaccine Dangerous?There’s been a lot of speculation about the COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson since their release last year....
Aug 13, 2021Facing the Delta Variant in MaineThis week, Governor Mills celebrated 80 percent of Maine adults receiving at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. But the rise of the...
Jul 1, 2021Time is Running Out to Protect Maine's Renters (RESOURCES)The COVID-19 federal moratorium on evictions is set to expire on July 31. Many Mainers who risked eviction because they couldn’t pay...