The LCDC hybrid meeting on Thursday, April 27, welcomes Wynter Giddings and Savannah Sessions from the Maine Library Association and Karen Silverman from the Maine Association of School Libraries to talk about the rise censorship efforts and how to address them locally and statewide. Other LCDC committee business will include an update on the special election for Maine House District 45 and more...

17 April, 2023 /

Sam and Kayda Selby Wiscasset sent this letter to the Portland Press Herald thanking Gov. Mills for alleviating the tax burden that had been put on property owners as the previous administration failed to fulfill the state's commitment to fund schools at 55%....

26 September, 2022 /

Francine and Tom Rondina of East Boothbay sent this letter to the Boothbay Register in support of Gov. Janet Mills' re-election....

12 September, 2022 /

Ru Monsell of Damariscotta sent this letter to the Lincoln County News reminding readers to vote for Gov. Mills while championing her commitment to education....

01 September, 2022 /

I received a Legislative update recently in which Senator Dow wrote “..we made the largest one-time investment in education in Maine history, putting the state’s share of funding for local public schools at 55%..” Sadly, there are two things very wrong with that statement. 1 - The truth is, state funding of education is not 55% in spite of a law requiring that passed in 2004 by Maine voters. The state law for the budget says “(13) For fiscal year 2017-18, the target is 49.14%. (14) For fiscal year 2018-19, the target is 50.14%.” It’s in the section on pages 631-632...

18 September, 2018 /