by Mary-Erin Casale | May 2, 2018 | Budget, Economy, Education, Health Care, Jobs, Maine Legislature, Seniors
AUGUSTA – The 128th session of the Maine Legislature adjourned sine die after House Republicans voted against an amended extension order presented by Speaker of the House Sara Gideon. The order was for a three day extension, with Gideon providing a work outline...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Apr 30, 2018 | Health Care, Maine Legislature
AUGUSTA – Today, Maine Equal Justice Partners will be filing a lawsuit against the Maine Department of Health and Human Services in Superior Court that seeks to compel the state to implement Medicaid expansion. Speaker of the House Sara Gideon released the...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Apr 11, 2018 | Health Care, Maine Legislature
AUGUSTA – Speaker of the House Sara Gideon’s legislation, LD 1892, An Act To Clarify the Prescribing and Dispensing of Naloxone Hydrochloride by Pharmacists passed today in the Maine Legislature with a strong, bipartisan vote (132-7). The bill will allow for...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Feb 1, 2018 | Health Care, Maine Legislature, Uncategorized
Gideon: “We should do everything in our power to save every life possible.” AUGUSTA – Today, Chairman Joe Bruno and the entire Maine Pharmacy Board finally took action on proposed rules related to LD 1594, An Act Regarding the Dispensing of Naloxone...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Jan 26, 2018 | Health Care, Maine Legislature
Gideon: “We are again at a standstill when people’s lives are literally on the line.” Jackson: “We cannot afford to delay access to this life-saving drug any longer.” Today, Democratic Speaker of the House Sara Gideon and Senate Democratic Leader Troy Jackson issued a...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Nov 28, 2017 | Budget, Economy, Health Care, Maine Legislature
AUGUSTA – According to a new report released Sunday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the federal Senate Republican tax plan gives substantial tax cuts and benefits to households earning more than $100,000 a year, while Maine’s poorest would be...
