LD 525, which passed the Maine Legislature in June and became law without the governor’s signature, will provide the first public financial support for batterers’ intervention programs in Maine, allowing the programs to enroll offenders without the means to pay. Read More
"I’m scared to die,” said Zachary Smith, who has an opioid use disorder and lost his sister to an overdose in 2016. Read More
The Bangor Daily News hosted the One Life Project: Public Priorities event to get a sense of the most urgent and well-supported initiatives for tackling opioid addiction, involve the public in discussion about a key issue in advance of November’s election, and provide a chance for the gubernatorial candidates to listen to what matters to Maine people. Read More
Come to the One Life Project: Public Priorities event at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 18, at the Bangor Arts Exchange ballroom. Read More
How competitors came together to save lives -- and how fragile their work could be. Read More
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services has decided to delay changes for six months that addiction treatment agencies had said would threaten their operations in the middle of an opioid crisis. Read More
There were once 11 teams offering specialized therapy in Maine. There soon will be four and a half. Read More
One child from Clifton has missed almost two years of school, unable to get help for a debilitating condition. Read More
The new detox center in Hampden may close, and youth in Long Creek may see changes to counseling services. Read More
I don’t remember feeling panic. We were absorbed by the moment, moving through the streets of Boston. Only later would I fully understand how lucky we were. Read More
“It would set a very strong precedent if the Justice Department encourages prisons and jails in Massachusetts to provide opioid replacement therapy in a correctional setting. I think that would have ramifications for the entire country." Read More
There are a number of steps states could take to fortify their teaching workforce. Here are three areas where they could focus. Read More
If women, minorities and those who grew up in low-income homes invented at the same rate as high-income white men, the United States would have four times as many inventors. Read More
Principals are second only to teachers in terms of their influence over student achievement. But half leave their positions before their work can start to matter. Read More
LePage has withheld $8.4 million from the state’s available federal funding this year that would otherwise pay for training for thousands of unemployed workers. Read More
“While traumatic on an individual level to these workers, the effect on the workforce training system will be catastrophic. Once destroyed, the workforce training system will be very difficult and expensive to rebuild,” the lawsuit states. Read More
LePage told “a total lie to the public." Read More
Unemployed workers have started being told their job training tuition may stop, but the state hasn't clarified its intentions. Read More
Gov. Paul LePage has decided to withhold what is likely more than $8 million in federal funding from three regional boards that oversee job training services for low-income adults, laid-off workers and struggling young adults. Read More
An increase in opioid prescriptions from 1999 to 2015 could account for about 20 percent of the observed decline in men’s labor force participation during that time. Read More
