Suggestions ranged from creating a taskforce to review the circumstances of last year's child deaths, to creating a whistleblower program to flush out government shortcomings.
To truly recognize April as Child Abuse Prevention Month, investing in abuse and neglect prevention alongside improvements to the intervention system is essential.
Lawmakers are making a second attempt at hiring Maine’s first public defenders with a $8.1 million proposal to the state budget committee. Gov. Janet Mills left $20 million unallocated for lawmakers to distribute across all state programs in her.
The Senate voted 33-0 to approve a bill that asks the court system to expedite child homicide cases so information about the child welfare system's failings come to light sooner.