February 18, 2016 Bangor Daily News By Christopher Cousins Good morning from Augusta, where Mother Nature, for once, has been the spectacle. On Wednesday, I was diverted from politics for a couple of hours when my editors tasked me with gathering photos, videos...
February 5, 2016 Portland Press Herald Editorial Given the risk to children, new rules on exposure and cleanup need to be finalized immediately. A massive failure of government in Flint, Michigan, has jeopardized the well-being of thousands of children. But Flint’s...
February 3, 2016 WABI TV 5 By the Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Public health advocates and lawmakers say Maine needs to move quicker to implement stricter lead poisoning standards that became law last year. The change calls for Maine to match the...
February 2, 2016 MPBN News By Patty Wight AUGUSTA, Maine — According to the Maine Center for Disease Control, over the past decade more than 1,300 Maine children had high levels of lead in their blood. Last year, the Legislature responded by tightening the...
February 1, 2016 Bangor Daily News By Scott Thistle, Sun Journal AUGUSTA, Maine — A new state lead-poisoning standard passed into law in 2015 is sitting in limbo, according to lawmakers and advocates who say Maine should move quickly on the change to more...
November 3, 2015 Bangor Daily News By Nick McCrea BANGOR, Maine — Mainers have voted to borrow $100 million to fund elderly housing projects and highway and bridge improvements, according to projections by the Bangor Daily News. Question 2 asked voters...
October 24, 2015 centralmaine.com By Raegan Larochelle Only one affordable senior housing property is under construction in the entire state of Maine — the 47-unit Hodgkins School project in Augusta. On Nov. 3, voters have an opportunity to improve the...
October 22, 2015 The Maine Affordable Housing for Low-Income Seniors Bond, Question 2 was on the November 3, 2015 ballotin Maine as a legislatively referred bond question, where it was approved.[1] Voting yes would have issued a $15 million bond for housing...
June 11, 2015 Portland Press Herald By J. Craig Anderson In the waning days of the current legislative session, representatives of Maine’s construction industry are getting worried that proposals to fund infrastructure and housing projects won’t make it onto...
