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Democratic Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill directing Maine’s labor commissioner to petition the federal government for a waiver allowing asylum seekers to work...

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A Maine committee held a hearing on a bill that would establish a state-chartered bank outside of the federal banking system authorized to issue transactional currency 100 percent backed by gold coins and bullion minted by the bank.

Democratic Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill directing Maine's labor commissioner to petition the federal government for a waiver allowing asylum seekers to work while awaiting final determinations on their claims.

Gov. Janet Mills has signed a bill directing Maine’s labor commissioner to petition the federal government for a waiver allowing asylum seekers to work.

An influx of asylum seekers has overwhelmed city staff, who have been forced to cross-check General Assistance rolls in other communities to make sure no one is receiving benefits in 2 municipalities.

The program is the last resort for an increasing number of people with no other options.

Maine’s General Assistance program helps people when they have nowhere else to go — no other options for finding food, shelter or medicine. It is the safety net’s safety net. And since asylum seekers began arriving in large numbers in 2019, it’s been one of the only ways to keep them afloat while the federal […]

A massive court backlog has been one of Maine's biggest public policy side effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.