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The Maine Monitor is the nonpartisan, independent publication of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN: 27-2623867), dedicated to delivering high-quality, nonpartisan investigative and explanatory journalism to inform Mainers about issues impacting our state and empower them to be engaged citizens.
These are 31 bills to watch in the 132nd Legislature
1 day ago · An Act to Protect the Health of Medical Cannabis Patients and Streamline the Mandatory Testing of Cannabis. Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Malon (D-Biddeford) Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs The Office of Cannabis Policy has drafted a bill that would establish for the first time a mandatory testing requirement for the medical cannabis program in Maine.
How Maine’s legislature works
1 day ago · The bill process. Idea developed . An idea for a bill can originate from a number of places, including legislators, committees, study groups, lobbyists, public interest groups, municipal officials, the Governor, state agencies and individual citizens, according to the Maine Legislature website.. A bill may have up to ten sponsors, according to a …
Maine proposes major staffing changes for residential care facilities
Nov 24, 2024 · In the first major update to assisted living and residential care regulations in more than 15 years, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services has proposed significantly increasing staffing requirements, among other changes.
Maine health department waters down proposed staffing ratios
Jan 17, 2025 · The scaled back staffing ratios are still higher than current staffing requirements, which require residential care facilities with more than 10 beds to have one direct care worker for every 12 residents during the day; one to 18 in the evening; and one to 30 overnight.
Maine Monitor joins MINC as strategic partner
Jan 13, 2025 · The Maine Monitor is the nonpartisan, independent publication of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN: 27-2623867), dedicated to delivering high-quality, nonpartisan investigative and explanatory journalism to inform Mainers about issues impacting our state and empower them to be engaged citizens.
Coverage of Maine's 132nd Legislature | The Maine Monitor
Sep 22, 2024 · The Maine Monitor is committed to deeply researched, nonpartisan reporting that informs Mainers about issues of public interest, holds institutions accountable, and profiles solutions. Our reporting takes time, but we believe it is worth doing because it is critical to a functioning society and ...
Takeaways from Maine watchdog's investigation of child deaths
Sep 22, 2024 · In 2021, the legislature’s government oversight committee directed the state watchdog agency to investigate the deaths of four children whose families had some involvement with the child welfare system.. On Wednesday, the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability presented the last of its four reports, this one …
Maine’s electric vehicle goals won't take us where we want to go
Nov 15, 2024 · The Maine Climate Council has just finished updating the state’s climate action plan, as required by law, and a key strategy in the draft plan is to put 150,000 electric vehicles on Maine roads by 2030. Despite good intentions, this seems doomed to fail.