As expected, Mills didn’t propose sweeping new initiatives or massive expansions of existing programs as part of her two-year budget proposal. Instead, it was the total dollar figure of the governor’s budget proposal $10.3 billion that drew the most initial attention.
Five Republicans and one Democrat on the Legislature's Government Oversight Committee voted Friday to appeal a superior court judge's decision denying the panel access to confidential child protection files of four children killed in 2021.
In an attempt to obstruct the Legislature’s oversight responsibility, Maine Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew refused last month to share records with the Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee, which voted unanimously to undertake a comprehensive review of DHHS’ Office of Child and Family Services after several child deaths. We’ve unfortunately seen this […]