For state Rep. Tim Roche, his vote on a Maine resolution calling the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection an “act of domestic terrorism” and honoring law enforcement officers who keep the country safe and able to vote, was a personal one. He thought about a.
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A budget that will guide the next two years of spending in Maine passed the Legislature late last month without expanded funding for legal services for low-income Mainers. The decision opens the door further to litigation if lawmakers cannot resolve a decade of underfunding for a mandatory state service.
Lawmakers committed $17.6 million to the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services, or MCILS, in each of the next two budget years. Most of that will be spent to reimburse private defense attorneys contracted with the state to represent those who cannot afford to hire their own lawyers.
This story was originally published by The Maine Monitor.