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How candidates for governor would change Maine health care policy
A look at the health care plans put forward by Bobby Charles, Hannah Pingree and Rick Bennett.
Waterville Impact Task Force shifts focus to targeted community projects
City officials and local partners highlight housing, public health and assistance initiatives aimed at closing resource gaps before winter.
Maine approved for Medicaid waiver that could help jails pay for addiction treatment
“This is one of the largest changes in the criminal-legal system in 30 years,” said Dr. Courtney Pladsen, the MaineCare medical director.
Half of emergency room nurses in northern Maine hospital quit
In addition to losing six nurses in four months, the emergency department no longer has a designated person to check in patients at night, nurses said.
Proposed restrictions to Lewiston’s needle exchange program will harm the city, coalition says
A citizen-initiated ballot question will ask Lewiston voters if they want to place more limits on how many clean needles syringe service providers can distribute.
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