The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Rachel Talbot Ross, D-Portland, would allow those charged with Class E misdemeanors like drinking in public to be released from jail without posting cash bail.
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Biden moving to improve legal services for poor, minorities
President Joe Biden plans to take executive action to ensure minorities, low-income Americans and others have better access to quality legal representation after services dwindled during the Trump administration.
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Posted inLocal & State, Schools & Education
Legislators weigh whether to require free tampons and pads in Maine schools
Hoping to ease the burden on students, legislators may mandate free sanitary supplies in bathrooms.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools & Education
New committee to lead effort to reduce poverty in Lewiston
Mayor Mark Cayer appoints new panel to press ahead in what has been a two-year quest to tackle poverty-related problems creatively.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools & Education
Lewiston schools agree to partner in fight against childhood poverty
In response to a report recommending new steps to combat poverty, Lewiston School Committee agreed Monday to focus on city’s youngest residents.
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Long-awaited Lewiston poverty report urges focus on city’s youngest children
Panel to present recommendations at Monday’s School Committee session.
Posted inNation / World, News
‘I got stories.’ A life of troubles, and a story of love
Tasha Lamm’s problems could seem overwhelming: poverty, unemployment, an abusive mother, a boyfriend who died of a heroin overdose
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Oxford Hills, River Valley, Schools & Education
Education under siege: Maine’s poorest schools facing ‘uncharted waters’ in the age of COVID
A Sun Journal data analysis shows which schools performed well and which performed poorly before the pandemic, statistics that could soon get worse for Maine’s more disadvantaged students.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
New jobless aid to have limited benefits as more Mainers slip into poverty
Struggling Mainers have turned to state assistance to make ends meet since enhanced unemployment benefits expired at the end of July.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools & Education
Lewiston remains committed to anti-poverty push
Officials continue effort to figure out how to help families mired for generations in poverty.