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The majority of women veterans are not enrolled in Veteran Health Administration care, yet these women have experienced a more than sixty-percent increase in suicide rates over the past two decades. (Adobe Stock)

ME women veterans request counselors for military sexual trauma

Advocates for women veterans, who've experienced sexual trauma while serving in the military, are asking state lawmakers for much-needed funding…

Majorities of Americans expressed confidence in higher education in 2015, but by 2018, confidence had fallen across all groups, including a 17% drop among Republicans, according to Gallup. (Adobe Stock)

Maine’s Colby College counters higher ed mistrust with community outreach

Americans' confidence in higher education has plummeted but students and staff at Maine's Colby College hope continued community outreach will help br…

Maine labor law allows tipped employees to be paid a lower cash wage than the standard minimum wage by their employers, as up to $5.50 in tips earned per hour can be deducted from their wage as a

ME Lawmakers Aim to Raise Minimum Wage to $24 by 2033

Maine lawmakers are considering legislation to raise the state's minimum wage to $24 an hour by 2033. The current minimum wage of $13.80 would jump …

Maine Attorney General Aaron Fry says recovery houses and the people in them are protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act and the federal Fair Housing Act, and suggests that repealing protections could put Maine in violation of those laws. (Adobe Stock)<br />

ME Lawmakers Study Regulations Surrounding Addiction Recovery Homes

Public opposition to legislation requiring stricter fire-safety standards at Maine's recovery residences has led lawmakers to consider studying the sy…

The walls, floor and roof of the BioHome3D are printed with a single continuous print path using the world's largest 3D printer, Ingersoll Masterprint, housed at the University of Maine. (U of Maine)

U of Maine Unveils World’s First 3D-Printed, Bio-Based Home

Engineers with the University of Maine say the successful construction of the world's first bio-based, 3D-printed house could help alleviate the …

An average hotel room costs municipalities roughly $240 per night for one family and with families often scattered at various locations, social services can be difficult to administer. Transitional housing units would alleviate both costs and service gaps. (Adobe Stock)

More Transitional Housing Needed for Increased Asylum Seekers in Maine

The growing number of asylum-seekers in Maine has spurred cities and towns to join forces and build more transitional housing for families in need…

If Congress reinstates the Child Tax Credit, a family with one child under six would<br />receive an annual $3,600,, providing significant help to cope with rising food and energy prices. (Adobe Stock)

Inflation Relief Payments Not Enough to Help ME Families in Need

With food and energy prices soaring, the one-time $850 inflation relief checks for Mainers could not arrive at a better time, but advocates for low-…

679 people who were counted in the 2022 Point in Time survey are chronically homeless. (JP Photography/Adobe Stock)

MaineHousing: Better Data Collection Can Help Reduce Homelessness

Data from Maine's annual Point in Time homelessness survey has been released, showing 4,411 individuals were experiencing homelessness on Jan…

Nearly 300,000 Maine kids will benefit from the expanded Advance Child Tax Credit. (fizkes/Adobe Stock)

ME Parents, Advocates: Make Expanded Child Tax Credit Permanent

AUGUSTA, Maine -- Parents are now receiving fully refundable monthly 2021 Advance Child Tax Credit payments, and advocates for children and families …

Approximately 23% of Maine kids lived in households with a high housing cost burden in 2019, compared with 33% in 2010. (Daniel Jedzura/Adobe Stock)

Report: Child Tax Credit to Benefit More than 90% of Maine Kids

AUGUSTA, Maine -- Child wellbeing in Maine improved between 2010 and 2019, according to a new annual report, but advocates for children and families …

Nearly a third of households with children nationally reported struggling with mental health, feeling down, depressed or hopeless.(Drazen/Adobe Stock)

Report: ME Families with Kids Struggle with Housing, Health Insurance

AUGUSTA, Maine -- Many Maine kids are struggling during the pandemic with health care, mental health, housing and hunger. Seven percent of Maine …

More than 21,000 people in Maine filed unemployment claims last week, a more than 3,000% increase over the prior week. More than one third of these claims came from the hospitality sector. (Michael M Stokes/Creative Commons)

Maine Renters Facing Eviction Threats Amid COVID-19

AUGUSTA, Maine - Gov. Janet Mills said at a press conference this week she would not declare an eviction moratorium for the state of Maine, …

Combined with other resources, the Senior Housing Bond will generate more than $45.8 million to build affordable housing for lower-income Mainers, age 55 and older. (Piman Khrutmuang/Adobe Stock)

Senior Housing Bond to Create 212 New Units

AUGUSTA, Maine - With the awarding of $14.5 million of the Senior Housing Bond, Maine is set to create more than 200 new, affordable housing units …

For every 100 extremely low-income households in Maine, only 52 homes are affordable and available. (larissal1234/Twenty20)

Report: Serious Affordable-Housing Shortage in Maine, U.S.

PORTLAND, Maine - There's a severe shortage of affordable rental housing for extremely low-income households across the United States, and according …

Seniors seeking low-cost housing soon will have more options in Maine. (Twenty20)

Millions of Dollars of Senior Housing Bonds Released in Maine

AUGUSTA, Maine - Gov. Janet Mills on Tuesday signed off on $15 million of state bonds for affordable senior housing in Maine, more than three years …

The rate of homelessness in Maine falls in line with the national average. (Max Pixel/Creative Commons)

New England Research Ties Homelessness to Rental Housing Costs

PORTLAND, Maine — New research shows that while homelessness in the United States may be down overall, it's still rising in the most expensive …

Gov.-elect Janet Mills, who most recently served as Maine's attorney general, is already familiar with such issues as the debt industry's impact on older consumers. (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau/Wikimedia Commons)

AARP Maine Expects Policy Changes with New Administration

PORTLAND, Maine — AARP Maine is thinking ahead to the New Year and a new administration as it sets priorities for helping seniors across the …

About 94 percent of young people in foster care in Maine earn a high school diploma or GED by age 21. (pxhere)

Young Adults Face Struggles Leaving Foster Care

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine is doing relatively well in helping young people in foster care transition to adult life, but there's room for …

A 2017 survey found about 6 in 10 Maine students graduate from college in debt. The average amount owed is almost $30,000. (freestocks.org/Pexels)

Majoring in Poverty: Seeking Solutions for Strapped College Students

AUGUSTA, Maine – Studying while hungry – many college students struggle to get enough to eat because they lack money to buy food…

Affordable-housing advocates say they aren't giving up the fight for getting a rent-control measure on the local ballot in November. (Bre Chamberlain)

Down But Not Out? Fair Housing Advocates Rally in Portland

PORTLAND, Maine - Fair-housing advocates delivered 1,000 more signatures than were required, but the Portland City Clerk's Office says the rent-…

Affordable housing advocates say it's time to put a cap on Portland area rent hikes, which have increased some tenant's costs by more than 40 percent in five years. (Fair Rent Portland)

Could Rent-Hike Relief Be On the Way for Portlanders?

PORTLAND, Maine -- Relief could be on the way for the more than 60 percent of Portland residents who are renters. Affordable housing advocates plan …

Maine is one of many states experiencing racial disparity when it comes to home ownership. (Doug Ke/flickr.com)

Effort Mounted to End Racial Disparity in Home Ownership

PORTLAND, Maine -- White residents of Maine are about twice as likely to own a home compared with people of color. That's according to the U.S…

Community organizers from Maine and the nation are participating in the People's Caravan. They traveled by bus from the site of the RNC to the DNC to deliver a message.(Grassroots Global Justice)

Mainers on People's Caravan to DNC

AUGUSTA, Maine – Grassroots organizers from Maine and the nation are delivering a pledge of resistance to the Democratic National Convention…

PHOTO: A new analysis finds there are still a lot of folks across the state and nation on the edge financially, and part of the reason is the high cost of housing. Photo credit: Jo Naylor

Over Half of Maine Renters Overburdened by Housing Costs

AUGUSTA, Maine - Affordable housing can be key to helping working families gain and keep financial stability, but for many, the costs of rent and …

PHOTO: PBS �Frontline� correspondent Hedrick Smith, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the Soviet Union, has turned his attention to America and what�s ailing it. Courtesy Hedrick Smith Productions.

Who’s “Dismantling” the American Dream?

PORTLAND, Maine - Hedrick Smith won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the Soviet Union and wrote a best-seller called "The Russians." Now it's …

Photo: Costs are increasing faster than incomes for renters in Arizona. Photo credit: Microsoft Images

Money Woes Worsen Significantly for Renters in Maine

AUGUSTA, Maine - Just because you have a job doesn't mean it's easy to pay the rent in Maine. A new report, Housing Landscape 2013, from the …

PHOTO: picture of Charles Brunner. Courtesy of the Child & Family Policy Center.

Election 2012: What About Maine's Children?

PORTLAND, Maine - So far, the 2012 presidential race has focused variously on unemployment, job creation, tax cuts, the candidates' tax returns…

More Kids Growing up in Maine's Poorest Neighborhoods

PORTLAND, Maine - A new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation released today says the number of children in Maine living in high-poverty …

Net Neutrality and Occupy Wall Street – Making A Connection

CHICAGO - The U.S. Senate may vote this week on overturning Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules aimed at guaranteeing an open Internet…

Chilly Threat Seen to Energy-Efficient Maine Homes

AUGUSTA, Maine - It was passed in 2008, formally adopted in 2010 and is still being gradually implemented, but Maine's "green-conscious" Building and …

ID Cards for Illegal Immigrants: A Good Thing?

President Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Wednesday criticized Arizona's law that makes failure to carry immigration documents a crime…

Gov. Kicks off "9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance" for ME Volunteers

Bangor, ME - As Americans gear up to celebrate Labor Day weekend, volunteers in Maine will be planning for a day of service and remembrance on …

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