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How talented kids from low-income families become America's 'Lost Einsteins'

To maximize innovation and growth, all of our brightest youth should have the opportunity to become inventors. But a study we recently conducted, jointly with Neviana Petkova of the U.S. Treasury, paints a very different picture. We found that a child’s potential for future innovation seems to have as much to do with the circumstances […]

Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser, Maine

Legislative committee says yes to Section 8 guns

AUGUSTA — The Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee on Thursday voted 7-6 in favor of a bill that would allow tenants who live in public housing or who receive a federal Section 8 housing voucher to keep guns in their apartments. The final vote came two days after the panel split 4-4 Tuesday on […]

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Posted inLewiston-Auburn

Clients still complain about HIV/AIDS help from CDC

LEWISTON — Months after complaining about the way the state helps people with HIV or AIDS, clients say there’s been little change and they’ve given up trying to get help. However, the state says clients appear to have adapted to the changes it made, and more people are starting to seek help.  In July, the […]

Posted inConnections

Maine Dental Health Out-Reach receives $1,000 grant

WINTHROP — Maine Dental Health Out-Reach, Inc. recently received a $1,000 grant from the Northeast Delta Dental Foundation to purchase oral hygiene supplies. This grant will provide necessary assistance to Maine Dental Health Out-Reach’s Dental Hygiene Services for School Children mobile program. “The mission of Maine Dental Health Out-Reach is to improve the oral health […]

Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal

Fundraiser on tap for heating assistance in Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls

JAY — The Good Neighbor Tri-Town Fuel Assistance program provided $28,083.49 in emergency heating assistance in 2013 to 150 families or 483 individuals. It provided 7,650 gallons of fuel, organization member Paul Gilbert said. The committee that oversees the Tri-Town Ministerial Association Good Neighbor Fuel Fund is hosting a Belgian waffle breakfast to raise money for […]