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LEWISTON, Maine - Lewiston's mayor wants to create an online registry of Maine residents who receive welfare benefits.The Portland Press Herald reports…
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AUGUSTA, Maine - In the first three months of a drug testing program for welfare recipients, enacted under the LePage administration, only 15 people have…
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By Alanna Durkin, The Associated PressAUGUSTA, Maine - Few welfare recipients in Maine have been called in for drug screenings so far under new rules…
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AUGUSTA, Maine - Democrats and some Republicans have united to reject the bulk of Gov. Paul LePage's welfare reform initiatives. Many of the proposals are…
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AUGUSTA, Maine - Republican Gov. Paul LePage's latest effort to overhaul Maine's welfare programs appears to be headed for defeat.LePage's bill,…
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AUGUSTA, Maine - The Maine House has supported an effort to get permission from the federal government to ban the use of food stamps to buy junk food.The…
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AUGUSTA, Maine - Welfare reform is front and center at the State House this week, as lawmakers consider several proposals that supporters say are designed…
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By Alanna Durkin, The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine - A Republican state senator is renewing an effort to require that Medicaid and welfare applicants…
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AUGUSTA, Maine - Gov. Paul LePage is renewing his push to reform the state's welfare system with some of the same proposals that have previously failed to…
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By Alanna Durkin, The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine - Republican Gov. Paul LePage is renewing his push to make significant changes to Maine's welfare…