Guest column: Helping Maine food banks key to addressing major crises

Guest column: Helping Maine food banks key to addressing major crises
By Sean PaulhusGuest column
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In a just society, no person and no family should be going without nutritious food. That commitment should hold true at all times, especially when we are all pulling together to face down a crisis as we have done now for over a year.
That’s why I have introduced LD 1299, An Act To Permit Emergency Funding for Food Banks When a State of Emergency is Declared, which authorizes the governor to immediately distribute up to $400,000 from the state’s Budget Stabilization Fund — also known as our “rainy day fund” — to food banks throughout Maine when our state enters a period of civil emergency.

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