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2 days ago · On January 10, Governor Janet Mills unveiled her budget plans for Maine through 2027. While the proposal balances the budget through some revenue increases, it largely relies on cuts to previous commitments, impacting vulnerable Mainers and low wage workers while letting the rich and big corporations — whose wealth …
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Jan 17, 2025 · Children and families in rural Maine would face the greatest harm should proposed funding cuts to the federal Medicaid program be implemented, according to a new report. Republicans in Congress are considering more than $2 trillion in cuts to help offset planned tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations, leaving states to make up for any shortfalls. Rita…
What’s on the November ballot in Maine - Maine Beacon
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 …
Efforts to address racism in Maine schools turn to private town ...
Jan 27, 2021 · When Esther Kempthorne, a naturalized immigrant from Mexico and a Spanish teacher, submitted her resignation from Washington Academy in East Machias last July, she wrote to that administration that it was because discussions about racism were deemed too political at the private town academy. The decision to …
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
Opinion: What I am thankful for in politics - Maine Beacon
Nov 26, 2024 · Last year at Thanksgiving I wrote a column listing everything I was thankful for in politics. It wasn’t too hard, as both 2022 and 2023 had been great political years — from Democrats holding strong in the midterms to progressives beating back local attempts to gut rent control — and there was obviously great hope for 2024. Then came this most recent election when 49.9% of Americans ...
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
Podcasts - Maine Beacon
Nov 27, 2024 · This week on the podcast, we are revisiting Deputy Director Ben Chin’s interview with author and community organizer George Goehl. The two discusses Goehl’s book “The Fundamentals of Community Organizing”, which looks at how to bring people together and win structural change. Goehl lays out the core practices that …
Shooting straight: How to buy a gun in Maine
May 27, 2016 · Regulation of firearms in this country is one of the most complicated and divisive political issues we face. Most non-gun owners, and many who do own guns, do not really understand the way our systems of state and federal background checks work. Unless one understands the current patchwork of rules and regulations, they will have
Podcast - Maine Beacon
May 22, 2015 · The Beacon podcast is here! Subscribe to the podcast feed right here using your favorite podcasting app or subscribe using iTunes. Call (207) 619-3182 to leave a comment or question for inclusion in the show.