Beacon - Maine Beacon
2 days ago · This week on the podcast, Ben, Cate and Esther dive into the harmful and alarming blitz of executive orders Pres. Donald Trump released as he kicked off his second presidential term.
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5 days ago · About Beacon. Beacon is a website and podcast created by the Maine People’s Alliance to highlight the experiences of everyday Mainers, share information about the political and policy processes that affect Maine people and promote a progressive worldview based on community, fairness and investing in the future.
Opinion: What Mills’ budget says about her as a Democrat
3 days ago · 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 …
Governor Mills’ budget proposal: key takeaways and …
4 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 largely surged during the pandemic — off the
Rural Maine braces for Medicaid cuts as lawmakers eye corporate …
5 days ago · 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.
Portland MLK dinner gives hundreds ‘reality check’ on racial …
Jan 21, 2020 · As Maine celebrates 200 years of statehood this year, historians, legislators, and racial justice advocates provided over 700 guests attending the 39th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Dinner in Portland with a "reality check" on Monday. From white Mainers' participation in the antebellum slave trade to the forced institutionalization …
Podcast: Dissecting Mills’ budget proposal and fighting against …
Jan 17, 2025 · Public policy director Cate Blackford joins Senior Organizer Esther Pew to chat about paid family medical leave in Maine, as well as the positive and negative aspects of Gov. Janet Mills' recently proposed budget. And with the inauguration of Donald Trump's second term coming up on Monday, the two highlight the Portland People's March happening
LA fires: How to help those who need it most - Maine Beacon
Jan 17, 2025 · After more than a week, it seems that firefighters are making some progress in containing the fires that have engulfed large parts of Los Angeles area, killed more than 27 people, forced more than 170,000 to evacuate and done irrevocable and horrific damage to communities and the landscape in the area.. The winds that fueled the fires’ spread have calmed for the moment – but more intense ...
Maine’s yellow flag law in three charts - Maine Beacon
Jan 14, 2025 · Use of Maine’s yellow flag law has grown dramatically since the Lewiston mass shootings: law enforcement agencies completed more than 500 weapons restriction orders in the past 14 months, up from fewer than 100 in the three years prior to the tragedy. Since August, when an amendment to the yellow flag law went into effect,
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