By Lauren McCauley| Editor
“If young people cannot afford to stay in the state of Maine, if working families can’t afford to find houses near their jobs, if seniors can’t downsize, then nothing else is going to work.” - Hannah Pingree, Democratic nominee for governor addressing union members at the Maine AFL-CIO’s convention last week.
Matt Dunlap speaks to union delegates at Maine AFL-CIO’s committee on political education convention. (Photo by Kaitlyn Budion/Maine Morning Star)
By Kaitlyn Budion
After winning their respective Democratic primaries this month, Matt Dunlap and Hannah Pingree spoke about their support of unions Friday at the Maine AFL-CIO committee on political education convention.
By Eesha Pendharkar
Based on the first ever statewide survey of housing production across Maine, the state is on track to slightly exceed its annual goal of building new units.
By Ashley Murray, States Newsroom
The Next250 demonstration, organized by a coalition of advocacy groups, featured a massive “Declaration of Interdependence” requiring more than a dozen people to hold it during a march past the northern barricaded perimeter of the White House, where President Donald Trump was present this weekend.
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