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MCILS has put an immediate price tag of $13.3 million on its proposed fix. The money would increase court-appointed attorney’s wages from $80 to $150 an hour, a level that is expected to attract some lawyers back to the work.
The crisis in Maine’s legal defense system for the poor is worsening, with jailed defendants waiting as long as six weeks to be assigned an attorney and some parents of children who have been removed from home lacking a lawyer days before scheduled.
Bill aims to prevent too many changes to referendum votes
The proposed change world require a 3/4 vote of all lawmakers to repeal a referendum passed law, and a 2/3 vote to make any changes for the first 3 years. Author: Don Carrigan Updated: 7:20 AM EDT May 8, 2021
AUGUSTA, Maine Maine voters decide a lot of critical issues at the ballot box, through referendums resulting from citizen initiative petition drives.
But after voters have their say and pass a referendum, the Legislature can still change those laws, and often does.
Rep. Kyle Bailey (D-Gorham), who led the drive to pass ranked-choice voting, is trying to make it harder for lawmakers to overrule the voters.