The plan from Kevin Bunker is to build a 180-bed facility on Riverside Industrial Parkway to temporarily house asylum seekers coming to Maine. City council members will meet Monday to discuss and vote on the proposal.
State leaders and residents are far from unified on how much Maine can afford to spend to support asylum seekers – and on how much responsibility it has to do so.
A layoff of 219 that occurred in March – but was made public Thursday – brings the number of jobs Abbott cut in Maine to more than 1,000 over the past 2 years.