House Speaker Sara Gideon’s bill would establish a payroll tax to support state-run insurance to cover the costs.
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Posted inObituaries, sj-web
Jeannine Joline Houdlette
LEWISTON — Jeannine Joline Houdlette, age 81, died at her daughter Kathy Jalbert’s home after a long battle with lung cancer. She was born April 6, 1937, in Lewiston to Willie and Doria (Roy) St. Laurent. She lived many years in Sabattus, and finally settled in Gardiner with her husband, Erwin. Ill health and failing body […]
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Registration deadline nearing for Totally Trades Conference
Aliah French, left, and Hailey Williams try out their carpentry skills in the Construction Technology Lab at CMMC at last year’s Totally Trades Conference in Auburn. This year’s conference will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, May 25, at Central Maine Community College in Auburn. It will give female students the opportunity […]
Posted inMaine
Maine Medicaid recipients say they need health care to work
Judy Newell of Portland speaks against the proposed changes to the state’s Medicaid program during a hearing, Wednesday, May 17, 2017, in Portland, Maine. Maine and Wisconsin are finalizing waivers to make significant changes to Medicaid that would make the program more like welfare programs, with restrictions to eligibility and enrollment, premiums and cost-sharing. (AP […]
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Finding meaning in work to be discussed at Lifetree Café
LEWISTON — Lifetree Café will discuss how to find meaning and purpose at work at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, March 26, at South Lewiston Baptist Church, 1919 Lisbon Road. The program, titled “Finding Meaning Every Monday: Secrets to a Satisfying Week,” will feature a filmed interview with Brad and Libby Birky, founders of Denver’s SAME Café. […]
Posted inMaine
LePage presents plan to reduce Maine’s welfare cliff
AUGUSTA — A Gov. Paul LePage plan aimed at moving more Mainers from welfare to work by allowing them to more gradually transition from public support as they gain income got a lukewarm reception from an organization that advocates for the state’s poor Tuesday. During a news conference earlier in the day, LePage rolled out […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston gives riverside park work plan a boost
LEWISTON — Money set aside to help build a wheelchair-accessible playground downtown will instead help pay for the construction of a small amphitheater and build river access at Simard-Payne Memorial Park, councilors agreed Tuesday. Councilors voted 4-3 to put $75,000 — originally allocated to help build a playground at Marcotte Park — toward Riverfront Island […]
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As Maine ages, policymakers focus on reversing trend
LEWISTON — A new set of data from the U.S. Census Bureau on 18- to 34-year-olds — known as “millennials” — hold both interesting and concerning details for Maine, the nation’s oldest state. According to the American Community Survey: 2009-2013, the segment of the U.S. population that’s made up of 18- to 34-year-olds is shrinking nationwide […]
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Maine House rejects bill to expand work for minors
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s Democratic-led House has rejected a bill to change the work permit process for minors and allow children less than 16 years old to work in bowling alleys or movie theatres. Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s administration said teens often have to wait a long time to get work permits over the summer. […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Brick work undertaken on Community Center
FARMINGTON — Dust flew as Justin Madore of Skowhegan ground loose mortar between the bricks on the front of the Community Center on Friday. Tom Harville of Harville Painting and Wallpaper of Skowhegan worked below the boom lift. Harville was hired to remove loose mortar, refill, clean and waterproof the front of the building, he […]