April 6, 2021 • Kate Brennan
On April 5th, Kate Brennan, Organizing and Community Outreach Director for Maine Equal Justice, offered this testimony to the Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs in favor of LD 1126, which would create an online voter registration system for Maine.
April 5, 2021 • Robyn Merrill
The American Rescue Plan (ARP) passed by Congress and signed into law by President Biden on March 11, 2021 aims to speed up the nation’s recovery from the economic and health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing recession.
April 1, 2021 • Christine Hastedt
Under Maine’s current law, entire families, including children, are terminated from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (TANF) if the parent or caretaker is found to have breached program rules for a period of 90 days and for any subsequent failure.
March 3, 2021 • Alison Weiss
The bill’s three components – rental assistance, landlord incentives and housing navigation – work in tandem to ensure tenant success in housing.
February 26, 2021 • Ann Danforth
Invest in Tomorrow is an initiative undertaken by Maine organizations, businesses, and individuals (and coordinated by Maine Equal Justice) to cut Maine’s child poverty rate in half over the next ten years as a step toward eradicating child poverty in a generation.
February 19, 2021 • Kathy Kilrain del Rio
The word unprecedented has been used on almost a daily basis since March 17th of last year
February 18, 2021 • Alison Weiss
LD 211 provides crucial additional funding support for shelter operations across the state of Maine. The pandemic has highlighted the need for stable housing and strong shelters as a part Maine’s public health system.
February 11, 2021 • Robyn Merrill
On January 8th, Governor Mills released her budget framework for the next two years. On February 16th, the legislature’s appropriations committee will begin budget hearings and add its own ideas.
February 3, 2021 • Joby Thoyalil
LD 2 sets up a process to review legislation to see what impact it would have on historically disadvantaged racial populations.