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A record number of Mainers died from drug overdoses in 2021. In all likelihood, that record won’t last the year. Portland paramedics respond to a report that a woman had overdosed on heroin near the intersection of Congress and India streets in 2015; she regained consciousness after being administered naloxone. Passing L.D. 1862 would close a loophole in Maine law that continues to leave peop...

Amy Dickinson writes the syndicated Ask Amy column. Dear Amy: I never interfere with our children’s spouses’ business. I have a good relationship with both of our kids’ spouses. Our daughter-in-law decided to go back to school about five years ago. Our son financed her education with the hopes, I suspect, that she’d get a good-paying job and improve their financial situation. She graduated, b...

Dear Abby DEAR ABBY: I recently Googled my brother-in-law to see if I could find his birthdate, which I had forgotten. When his name came up, so did some information I wish I hadn’t seen. He’s a convicted sex offender (rape) who has served time. I am assuming my sister knows about his past. But what if she doesn’t? I don’t want to say anything to her, because if she already knows, she’ll be u...

Michael Ciaglo/Getty With the 2022 regular legislative sessions starting in all but 15 states as of January 14, state lawmakers are already considering hundreds of bills aimed at voter access and the electoral process. 1 The efforts to restrict voting have continued into this year. As of January 14, legislators in at least 27 states have introduced, pre-filed, or carried over 250 bil...

Tom McGowan was not quite ready to retire when he wound down his law practice in late 2019, after having devoted over 40 years representing clients in family law. Instead, he joined the staff of Community Law Program, Inc., a non-profit firm and Florida Bar Foundation grantee, focused on providing access to justice for low-income Pinellas County residents. On January 15, at the Tampa Bay Ligh...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis voiced his support for a bill that would prohibit the discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in the state's primary schools. Asked by reporters at a Miami event Monday, he said it was "entirely inappropriate" for teachers to be having conversations with students about gender identity, citing instances of them telling children, “Don’t worry, don’t pick y...

On February 9, 2022, California’s governor signed Senate Bill (SB) 114, which creates new Labor Code section 248.6. The law takes effect immediately and is retroactive to January 1, 2022, but an employer’s obligation to provide 2022 COVID-19 supplemental California paid sick leave (CPSL) does not begin until 10 days after the governor signs: February 19, 2022. To employers that had to comply ...

Overview On November 15, President Biden signed the bipartisan infrastructure package, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA/P.L. 117-58), into law. Following the end of the federal legislature’s responsibilities to develop and pass the legislation comes the role of covered federal agencies to implement the law at the federal, state and local levels. Of note, many of the programs i...

A man found at the scene of a crash where a truck had driven over an embankment and came to rest halfway in the road told people he was “mucho drunk,” while a shirtless man showed up with a pistol. The drunk man didn’t appear to be injured. Mall security reported about a dozen teenagers were annoying customers and refusing to leave. He said the teens had possibly been shoplifting throughout t...

Calls to ban no-knock warrants have gained strength in Iowa and throughout the country following the police shooting of Amir Locke in Minnesota. DES MOINES, Iowa — As Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota put together a plan to ban no-knock warrants, activists in Iowa and across the country are calling for similar action. The renewed discussion follows the death of 22-year-old Amir Locke, who w...