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How Maine churches are reckoning with fear of immigration raids

Selma, an asylum seeker from Angola, moved to Texas at the start of the pandemic and then to Maine in January 2022. She fears ...
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Labor Day in Maine: Rallies, trainings and celebrations statewide

Labor Day is coming up and there's a lot going on in Maine. Labor Day is our time to join together in the spirit of ...
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Sean Scott for The Maine Monitor

Author: Sean Scott for The Maine Monitor. Sean Scott is a religion, politics and society reporter for The Maine Monitor, ...
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With little guidance from the federal government, MaineCare recipients wonder if they’ll lose their insurance

Since Congress passed legislation this year imposing new work requirements for some Medicaid recipients, The Maine Monitor ...
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Maine news workers call for union expansion to promote equal pay, job security

Journalists, photographers, designers and other news workers at the Maine Trust for Local News launched a “One Big Union” ...
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Health care providers, advocates call out Collins for supporting Medicaid cuts that will slash rural hospitals, jobs and services

With hundreds of hospitals on the brink of closure, countless others preparing deep service cuts, and millions of health care ...
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Where Maine’s Congressmembers stand on Palestine

Hundreds of Mainers gathered at Portland City Hall for a People’s March in January 2025, some with Palestinian flags and handmade signs. Photo by Channa Steinmetz. Maine’s longest-serving member of ...