Posts Tagged ‘Women

Laurie Chadwick was denied a position of team leader at Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and is now waiting for a jury to decide if she was denied the promotion because she had four children. The case is the first out of Maine to deal with a relatively new area of employment discrimination law, [...]

Did you know that the Maine Legislature is still 70 percent men? Girls’ Day at the State House,  a program hosted by the Maine Women’s Policy Center, is trying to increase the percentage of women legislators. Many lawmakers also stepped into the action in order to encourage the girls to take leadership positions.

A bill sponsored by Senator Bartlett would benefit cancer stricken firefighters. LD 621, “An Act Allowing Worker’s Compensation Benefits for Firefighters Who Contract Cancer,” recently had a public hearing in front of the Labor Committee. Maine Women’s Lobby Director of Public Policy, Laura Harper shared concerns over chemicals involved in firefighting which have been linked [...]

100 8th grade girls wearing t-shirts that read “Girls Rock the House…and the Senate” will converge on Thursday, March 19, 2009 for the 13th annual Girls’ Day at the State House event in Augusta. Students from school districts as diverse as Pembroke, Madawaska, Bangor, and Portland will come together for the day to learn how [...]


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  • Stacie Battles: Lets get this passed once and for all. Everyone deserves the same right to enter in a marital/legal [...]
  • Terry Donald: Lets all get together and work as hard as we can to get this passed. As I was told over and over aga [...]
  • Liz Betit: We have known for decades of the harmful affects of mercury and lead not only to humans but also to [...]
  • Lorraine Taft: Do not weaken our progress toward a safer environment. The Product Stewardship programs need to be k [...]
  • Phyllis vonHerrlich: Do not abandon the protective programs we have today. Many businesses have shown for decades that t [...]