A scorecard on Maine’s health indicators shows many challenges …
WEBNov 1, 2022 · MAINE, USA — Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, other public health challenges raged on. Substance use in Maine surged and obesity rates continued to tick upward. Fatal drug overdoses in the state set records in …
What the immigration bill's spectacular collapse means for Maine
WEBFeb 9, 2024 · Like many states, Maine is suffering the ramifications of the dual crises on immigration — the crisis playing out daily along the southern border and the political crisis caused by a hyperpartisan Congress unable or unwilling to fix a broken system.
Lawmakers agree on ‘good start’ to overhauling state’s troubled …
WEBJun 18, 2021 · A multi-million dollar deal to overhaul Maine’s troubled criminal public defense system passed the state House and Senate on Thursday in rebuke of Gov. Janet Mills, who has resisted adding money to a system that government and press reports say is failing poor defendants.
‘Shame on Us’: How Maine Struggles to Handle Troubled Youth
WEBFeb 1, 2024 · But Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat and longtime prosecutor, vetoed the June 2021 measure, even though the facility, Long Creek Youth Development Center, had repeatedly been faulted for harmful...
Parents who helped spark Department of Justice lawsuit speak out ...
WEB6 days ago · Updated: 4:43 PM EDT September 13, 2024. MAINE, Maine — Parents of Maine's most vulnerable children are speaking out after the feds filed a lawsuit against Maine for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. The U.S. Department of Justice alleges that the state's failure to provide treatment …
Watchdog finds ‘errors on top of errors’ at DHHS ... - Maine Public
WEBNov 16, 2023 · A watchdog agency has found that Maine's child protection program repeatedly failed to ensure the safety of children in a home where an infant died of abuse years later. The review was sparked by a spate of …
Public Records Shed Light on Maine's Failure to ... - The Maine Wire
WEBAug 1, 2023 · Public records from Maine’s child welfare agency show multiple child protective services employees were disciplined, but not fired, for failures related to child welfare investigations in 2022. In that same year, twenty-eight children died in cases where agents from the Maine DHHS were involved.
Maine's child welfare system has been 'worsening for years ...
WEBMay 11, 2024 · Maine's child welfare system has been worsening for years, committee says. AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine's Government Oversight Committee on Friday released the findings of a two-year investigation into the state Department of Health and Human Services' embattled.
Another child welfare crisis has gripped Maine. Is this a …
WEBAug 15, 2021 · Maine didn’t report child fatality data during most of the LePage administration, according to the national data system. The dramatic rise in the number of children in state custody suggests the...
What Maine’s election results tell us about the rest of the …
WEBDec 23, 2020 · With much of the United States solidifying its partisan leanings, Maine has stood out for its bipartisan vote. Jeffrey Brown reports on what is different about the state and what it can teach...