US EditionLawmakers want to add $3 million for public defense. Gov. Mills still wants agency to do more.
- Lawmakers are proposing $3 million to support the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services to hire new attorneys and pay court-appointed lawyers, but the bill faces challenges in gaining necessary support from both chambers of the Legislature.
- Maine's Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy stated a need for a plan by April 3 to provide attorneys for unrepresented defendants, or those individuals could be released from jail.
- Advocates for homeless shelters are requesting a $5 million annual increase to support their operations amid rising homelessness in Maine.
- Governor Janet Mills has argued the commission is not doing enough, even with funding increases over the last four years.
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Manchester aldermen OK amended agreement with state to keep women's shelter open
Manchester aldermen have approved an amended agreement between city and state officials to continue using the Tirrell House on Brook Street as a shelter for women and children through June 2027.
Portland Press Herald
Lewiston Sun JournalMaine homeless advocates, emergency shelters call for more state funding
A bill before lawmakers would raise funding for shelters by $5 million, but the Mills administration has said it can't identify revenues to support it.
Bangor homeless shelter pushes for bill to help close $60K deficit
Bangor-area emergency shelters, alongside dozens of homeless shelters across Maine, are advocating for a proposed bill that would more than double the funding the facilities receive from the state. The Legislature’s Committee on Housing and Economic Development on Tuesday held a public hearing on the proposed bill, LD 698: An Act to Sustain Emergency Homeless Shelters in Maine. More than a dozen people spoke during the bill’s hearing, all of who…
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