Press Releases

Lawmakers Expand Equal Pay Protections to Include Race

VICTORY: Maine lawmakers have passed equal pay protections for people who face pay discrimination due to their race. We urge Gov. Mills to sign LD 1703 into law.
Issue Areas: Racial Justice

Maine Lawmakers Must Protect Digital Privacy, Resist Big Tech Exploitation of Personal Information

Privacy isn’t about secrecy. It’s about control. Governments, individuals, and companies can purchase information collected about Maine consumers, tracking faces at protests, political rallies, places of worship, family planning clinics, and more.
Issue Areas: Privacy

Customs and Border Patrol Agree to Stop Some Searches Following ACLU Lawsuit

Customs and Border Patrol illegally conduct searches and seizure throughout northern New England, so we sued – and won.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

We're Demanding Public Schools Stop Book Bans, Protect Students' Rights

The organized national campaign to ban books featuring people of color and LGBTQ people has been exported to Maine. We're demanding Maine schools protect students' rights to speak and access information freely.

Maine Lawmakers Must Uphold Right To Speedy Trial

The Maine and US Constitutions guarantee the right to a speedy trial, but Maine is failing to uphold that promise. It's past time for state lawmakers to act.
Issue Areas: Criminal Legal Reform

Maine Groups Oppose Anti-Abortion Bills

Maine lawmakers are considering several bills to restrict access to abortion, and shame and ostracize patients. The government should never have the authority to force a person to remain pregnant against their will.
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

Maine Lawmakers Considering Failed Policies of the War on Drugs

Maine lawmakers are pushing for policies that rely on the core ideas of the failed War on Drugs by attempting to address a public health crisis with mass incarceration instead of increased access to healthcare, housing, and jobs.
Issue Areas: Criminal Legal Reform

ICE Withheld Records, So We Sued – And Won

A federal judge has ordered ICE to conduct a search for documents concerning a planned Scarborough facility and the agency’s detention practices in Maine.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Maine Lawmakers Must Act to Guarantee Constitutional Right to Speedy Trial

We're calling on Maine lawmakers to take action following a victory for fair process at the Maine Supreme Court
Issue Areas: Criminal Legal Reform