AUGUSTA – A broad coalition of advocates, faith leaders and members of the immigrant community today cheered a decision by the state of Maine to continue providing General Assistance (GA) to asylum seekers and other immigrants.
AUGUSTA – The ACLU of Maine today called on the legislature to reject Gov. LePage’s latest attempt to ramp up the failed war on drugs.
AUGUSTA – A bill that will reduce preventable overdose deaths in Maine by making the life-saving drug naloxone more readily available passed into law at 12:01 a.m.
PORTLAND – The ACLU of Maine is pleased to welcome incoming executive director Alison Beyea. Beyea comes to the ACLU from the University of Maine School of Law, where she served as director of admissions and adjunct professor of juvenile law.
AUGUSTA – The Maine House of Representatives today voted 147-0 in favor of a bill that would make the life-saving drug naloxone more readily available.
In a victory for the rule of law, Senators Susan Collins and Angus Kingtoday announced their support for the declassification of a key report about the CIA’s condemned torture program.