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🏘️A full-time worker in Maine must earn $28.42 an hour to afford a two-bedroom apartment at fair market rent. The median hourly wage of workers in Maine is $24.19. newscentermaine.com/article/…
🏘️If you reside in public housing and start having trouble paying your rent, there are options available to you before you face eviction. mainemorningstar.com/2025/08…
🏘️ Trump's budget will slash HUD's budget 43.6% and slash rental assistance 42.8%. 55,400 Maine people (senior citizens, people with disabilities, children) rely on federal rental assistance. Act! nlihc.org/resource/trump-adm…
🏘️ Perhaps tariffs and construction costs, interest rates and buyer hesitancy in an economic environment with a high level of uncertainty have something to do with it. mainebiz.biz/article/escalat…
🏘️ There used to be a thing called a reasonable return on investment. Perhaps investors are seeking much, much more than what is reasonable. bostonglobe.com/2025/05/05/b…
🏘️ Perhaps constructions costs are expensive and interests rates are high. bostonglobe.com/2024/07/05/b…
Reminder: Today's nationwide mobilization. Monument Square 11-1. mobilize.us/handsoff/
🚨 Please take a moment to read this important notice about this Saturday's nationwide Hands Off! mobilization to stop Donald Trump and Elon Musk's illegal billionaire power-grab. mobilize.us/handsoff/event/7…
🚨 Please take a moment to read this important notice about this Saturday's nationwide Hands Off! mobilization to stop Donald Trump and Elon Musk's illegal billionaire power-grab. mobilize.us/handsoff/event/7…
🎒 "As a District, we will not deviate from our path of supporting all of our students and staff to achieve at high levels. This will require us to dig deep into our data, to investigate differences in outcomes and act aggressively to address those gaps." portlandschools.org/superint…
Parents and the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, a national disability rights group, sue Trump for violating the equal protection clause of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. propublica.org/article/depar…
Commonspace email: [email protected]. Also, contact the @CityPortland family shelter director Mike Guthrie: 207-482-5206. newscentermaine.com/article/…
The Department of Education was established by the U.S. Congress and only the U.S. Congress can dissolve it. Contact the House of Representatives: (202) 225-3121. Contact the Senate: (202) 224-3121. nea.org/nea-today/all-news-a…
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Cheverus High School will not be able to use pesticides to combat a grub infestation that has been damaging its athletic fields.
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Removing one million people per year in a mass deportation campaign, including arrests, processing, detention, and removal, could cost over $967.9 billion over 10 years. Is this really the best use of our resources?
Find out more: immcouncil.co/mass-deportati…
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NEW! We are now accepting applications for the latest round of job creation grants. Visit portlandmaine.gov/JobCreatio… to read the full details + apply. 📆 Applications must be received by 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟭/𝟭𝟱. #PortlandMaine #PortlandMe
ALT Portland Maine Housing + Economic Development logo, New Job Creation Grants Available | Open Sign graphic | Apply by Friday, November 15 | Visit portlandmaine.gov/JobCreation to learn more and apply.
"The prevalence of firearms in the U.S., not mental illness, is driving the surge in gun deaths across the country." #portlandme mainemorningstar.com/2024/09…
ALT A new study finds the prevalence of firearms in the United States, not mental illness, is the driving force in the number of firearm-related deaths. (Photo by Aristide Economopoulos/NJ Monitor)
Two of the @CityPortland's three community pools will be closed due to the need for maintenance and inadequate funding from the city to do this work. #portlandme pressherald.com/2024/07/26/p…
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🚨Due to the high temperatures 🌡️ today (Tues, July 16) and tomorrow, (Wed, July 17) the @PortPublicLibME will serve as a cooling center. Please visit them if you need to cool off. Visit portlandlibrary.com/location… for hours. #mewx #portlandme
