4+ mon, 4+ day ago   (770+ words) Lily Withington started working in Portland schools seven years ago, but she didn’t make more than $50,000 until last year. As she unexpectedly found herself living alone after a breakup, responsible for double the rent, the raise was critical in allowing…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago   (517+ words) Lawmakers made last-minute changes Thursday to a bill that would reform Maine’s fraught school funding formula after a fiscal note on the cost came back $25 million higher than expected. The Education and Cultural Affairs Committee initially passed LD 2226 with broad…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (244+ words) AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - The Maine House took up a proposal Monday that could increase an expected 70 million dollars annually to the state’s public school funding. The bill would make changes to the state’s funding formula as well as complete a…...

5+ mon, 2+ day ago   (394+ words) BANGOR, Maine — Gov. Janet Mills paid a visit to Eastern Maine Community College in Bangor on Friday to sign the state's supplemental budget into law. "It is a full and complete supplemental budget that does a lot of good things…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (703+ words) The Legislature is considering a bill to overhaul the state’s school funding formula on the grounds that it’s “outdated,” and that proposed changes would make distribution of the massive amounts of state aid to local districts – $1.5 billion this fiscal year…...