The Portland City Council will host a second public workshop Tuesday on possible policy solutions to the city’s homeless encampment…
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Portland’s now-largest homeless encampment at the Marginal Way Park and Ride has approximately doubled in size since August, with a…
The city of Portland has finally discovered who is responsible for the thousands of homeless migrants that have inundated the…
The Maine Medical Association (MMA) last week became the fifth state medical association in the country to endorse a policy…
In a new guidance issued Wednesday, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo warned young healthy adults under the age of 65…
Washington University announced Monday that their physicians at the Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital will no…
Maine Regional School District 5’s (RSU5) Board of Directors is set to hear a first reading of a new policy…
Portland’s Public Health Division has been selected as a recipient of a $4 million grant from the Centers for Disease…
The owner of Fogg Lighting, a store across from one of Portland’s largest homeless encampments at the Marginal Way Park…
In a letter sent Wednesday to the Biden Administration, several key Congressional committees, and Maine’s Congressional Delegation, Gov. Janet Mills…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills attended a remembrance ceremony Thursday, Aug. 31, on International Overdose Awareness Day — as the total…
Government over-payment of food stamp benefits cost taxpayers a minimum of $11.2 billion in fiscal year 2022, according to a…
Foreign nationals bilked American taxpayers for more than $280 billion as a panicked federal government handed out relief funds during…
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday a lawsuit to challenge the mandatory gender identity disclosure policy of the Chino…
The following is an op-ed submission from Jay T. Allen, a board certified medical doctor currently living in Maine. He…
The Portland Press Herald collaborated with Gov. Janet Mills’ sister Dora Mills on Friday to hype a new COVID-19 variant…
Dr. Meryl Nass, a Ellsworth doctor who has been a vocal critic of official policies during the pandemic and of…
Maine’s Community College System (MCCS) is still mandating COVID-19 shots for students enrolled in programs that require visiting third-party locations,…
Abortion has been at the forefront of politics in Maine this past year. From the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn…
Nurses and other health care workers at MaineGeneral Health, one of Maine’s largest healthcare providers, were unceremoniously fired two years…
Speak Up for Life, a pro-life organization run by Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn), has decided today against pursuing a People’s…
Maine’s Democratic House leadership blamed “older white guys” in their party for opposition to Gov. Janet Mills’ late-term abortion bill…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services began “unwinding” MaineCare’s 400,000-plus enrollment two months ago by “redetermining” all recipients’…
Public records from Maine’s child welfare agency show multiple child protective services employees were disciplined, but not fired, for failures…
An insider at MaineHealth, the state’s largest healthcare organization, is sounding the alarm on the frequency with which transgender children…
On Friday, Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed LD 1364 into law, officially establishing a working group to study the potential…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills sent an email Friday letting subscribers know that she signed a bill that will allow 16-year-olds…
Last week city officials in Sanford suspended a syringe exchange program and cleaned up a homeless encampment at Heritage Crossing…
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution and Limited Government held a hearing Thursday on “the dangers and due process violations…
When a flyer produced by the Maine Attorney General’s Office on the state’s abortion laws became politically problematic for Gov.…
The following is an op-ed submission from Jay T. Allen, a board certified medical doctor currently living in Maine. He…
The following report from Chris Woodard was originally published in NH Journal. It is re-published here with permission. To read…
U.S. Representative for Maine’s 2nd congressional district Jared Golden was the only House Democrat to vote in favor of reinstating…
Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) recommended lifting the statewide mandate that healthcare workers receive injections related to…
On Thursday Democrats in Maine’s House of Representatives reaffirmed their support for a bill that would extend taxpayer-funded MaineCare benefits…
The Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor has notified 24,180 patients that their private patient records may have been…
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills endorsed the largest state tax increase on Maine workers in more than two decades Thursday with…
Mainers must be 21-years-old to buy tobacco products and at least 18-years-old to use a tanning salon. But if Gov.…
Maine’s State Senate on Tuesday blocked a proposed amendment that would have put a four-year moratorium on the trafficking of…
Democratic lawmakers voted Friday to kill a bill that would have prohibited public school employees from addressing students by alternative…
On Monday Maine’s House of Representatives passed a bill sponsored by House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Portland) that would extend…
After Democrats in Maine’s House of Representatives narrowly passed Governor Janet Mills’ controversial late-term abortion bill in the early hours…
The Maine House of Representatives voted Thursday night to approve Democratic Gov. Janet Mills’ plan to eliminate restrictions on late-term…
During her testimony Thursday in opposition to Gov. Janet Mills’ late-term abortion bill, LD 1619, a top Republican alleged that…
If lawmakers voted to approve a paid leave program — funded by a new one percent payroll tax on workers…
The Senate voted Tuesday to require MaineCare reimbursement for “medically necessary treatment for or related to gender dysphoria,” following a…
Lawmakers voted Wednesday to kill a bill that would have facilitated the installation of “safe haven baby boxes,” referred to…
The following is an opinion editorial written by Myra Broadway of Gardiner. Originally submitted to the Bangor Daily News and…
Democrats in the House of Representatives on Friday rejected a floor amendment that would have required MaineCare, Maine’s Medicaid program,…
The Maine Legislature’s Judiciary Committee held a work session Wednesday afternoon on a proposed bill LD 1735, “An Act to…
In a 77-63 vote that fell mostly along party lines, the House of Representatives moved Tuesday to kill a bill…
Democratic State Rep. Sally Cluchey (D-Bowdoinham) advocated for an amendment that would compel Maine’s hunters to give coyotes a “respectful…
Mainers deserve access to high-quality health care with an affordable price tag. Following the events of the last two years,…
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data now show fentanyl overdose to be the top cause of death…
The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Health and Human Services (HHS) voted to advance two pieces of legislation which would replace…
At least nine Maine hospitals are not complying with a federal price transparency rule, according to the findings of a…
Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban recently announced his latest, ground-breaking innovation, and it’s one that should catch the attention of Americans.…
According to Department of Health and Human Service (DHHS) Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew, Maine healthcare workers will not be able to…
Gov. Janet Mills’ administration recently announced it is awarding Maine hospitals and long-term care facilities $146 million to support workforce…
Whether you think Obamacare was the worst health care policy of the decade or you join Bernie Sanders in supporting…
LD 1045 sets the stage for a disastrous and expensive government takeover of Maine’s health care system.
The Maine Legislature recently passed LD 1117, a bill that would prohibit excessive rises in generic and off-patent prescription drugs…
This week, the Maine Senate passed “Making Health Care Work for Maine,” a package of bills in the legislature that…
Members of Maine’s Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee will hold public hearings Tuesday on a number of bills…
Maybe you have noticed the rise in public incredulity toward the coronavirus narrative that you hear all day from the…
Governor Janet Mills updated Maine’s statewide vaccination plan Wednesday to make teachers and childcare providers, regardless of age, eligible for…
In Maine, medical providers like hospitals, out-patient facilities and nursing homes must obtain a Certificate of Need (CON) in order…
Political campaigns are in full swing and, once again, the debate on health care is dominating the landscape, specifically how…
Rural states, including Maine, are facing an impending health care crisis: we are running out of health professionals who can…
These days, in states across the nation, public health officials are discovering more and more cases of COVID-19 among their…
Within the state of Maine, an ongoing mental health crisis persists even in the era of COVID-19. In lieu of…
The number of coronavirus vases in Maine has grown to 499 according to Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine…
Maine recorded its second and third deaths caused by the coronavirus over the weekend, according to Maine Center for Disease…
Governor Janet Mills issued an executive order today that eases occupational licensing rules for health professionals and makes telehealth services…
As policymakers and public health officials at the local, state and federal levels prepare and execute a response strategy to…
I am gravely concerned about provisions in LD 2117 which would mandate that all prescriptions dispensed for all Maine citizens…
Like many average Americans, health care and its costs are a significant issue. Imagine you have what is considered “good”…
Lawmakers on Maine’s Health and Human Services Committee will hold a public hearing Monday on LD 1984, “An Act To…
On December 18, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reaffirmed in a 2-1 decision that the…
On October 8, 2019, the Office of Aging and Disability Services (OADS) released their quarterly update regarding enrollment numbers for…
The 129th Maine Legislature’s Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee met Monday to hold its fourth interim meeting since…
With the fourth quarter underway, small-business owners in Maine and across the country seem to be holding onto an optimistic…
Governor Mills’ first move in office was to sign an executive order expanding Medicaid to more than 70,000 Mainers. Maine…
Last week, Governor Janet Mills announced that Maine will pursue a state-based health insurance marketplace using the federal IT platform…
Governor Janet Mills on Friday, June 28 signed into law LD 84, a bill sponsored by Rep. Patrick Corey of…
For years in the Maine Legislature lawmakers have grappled with countless ideas to expand access to affordable health care services.…
Some things aren’t always what they seem. Such is the case in the state legislature with many well-meaning bill titles,…
Health care itself is complicated and so is our health care system, yet it remains the envy of the world. People…
For the second time in 17 years, Maine has expanded Medicaid. Governor Mills has directed DHHS to take swift action…
When I took office, MaineCare was running biennial budget deficits of more than $200 million, and our state owed the…
A federal judge’s ruling that the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA) — Medicaid expansion, subsidies through the exchanges, Medicare reforms,…
“Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves…love of power does far more…
My administration passed a bill to lower health care costs in 2011, but Obamacare halted it in its tracks. The…
The Maine Immunization Program (MIP) is publicly funded and provides necessary vaccines to all Maine children under the age of…
Medicaid expansion is the law, and I am committed to implement it. But I am forced to veto LD 837.…
Medicaid-expansion advocates plan to bring busloads of able-bodied adults to DHHS offices on July 2 to enroll in MaineCare. But the Legislature…
Here we go again. There’s another referendum on the ballot this fall that sounds too good to be true. Trust…
Those elected to represent the people of Maine have a responsibility to prioritize the needs of our state. But Maine’s…
As the debate continues to rage in Congress over the final push to repeal and replace Obamacare, Maine has…
If Washington insiders were forced to use the failing ObamaCare system, they would think twice about the gridlock they are…