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"Maine's law is a government intervention designed to protect an individual in crisis, and that protection is based on actual actions and behavior, not the opinions of family members."

It was a watershed moment in the State House, showing bipartisan action was possible on one of the most divisive issues in this age of American politics.

The appointment of one new Coastal Resources Management Council member and the reappointment of another are headed for a vote on the Senate floor.

To our readers, Evangelos pushes to restore parole to Maine’s justice system By Douglas Rooks | Apr 20, 2021 Rep. Jeffrey Evangelos [Editor’s note: this column was originally published in The Maine Monitor.] If you are sentenced to a long prison term in Maine, your chances of being released early are almost nil. In 1976, Maine became the first state to abolish parole entirely, also doing away with the Executive Council, which once shared authority for pardons with the governor. Since then,...