The Maine State Legislature kicked off the 2024 legislative session on January 3 and wrapped up on May 10. We were in Augusta daily, working with lawmakers and ally organizations to protect and defend the civil rights and liberties of all people in Maine.
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Corporations have built a surveillance economy, collecting people’s most sensitive information without their consent – all to turn a profit. This risks our safety, exacerbates inequality, and threatens our...
Maine needs a statewide public health response to the deadly overdose epidemic – not the continued policies of the failed War on Drugs.
Maine law requires schools to teach Wabanaki and African American studies, but many schools and teachers are not implementing these laws effectively. LD 2001 would give them the resources they need to...
The right to a speedy trial is critical to upholding the idea that all people are presumed innocent until proven guilty. When the government chooses to charge a person with a crime, it is the government’s...
Maine is the only state that relies almost entirely on private attorneys to provide legal representation to people who cannot afford their own. This has led to violations of Mainers' constitutional rights...
Under National Popular Vote, the candidate with the most votes in the country would win — not most of the time, but every time. LD 1578 would further the promise of "one person, one vote."
Maine law currently protects abortion access, but extreme politicians could undo this in the future. Safeguarding access in the state constitution would protect reproductive freedom in the face of anti-...
LD 2007 would grant the Wabanaki Nations some of the federal benefits afforded to every single other federally recognized tribe in the United States.
LD 2130 is a well-intentioned bill seeking to improve public safety. However, the initial draft of the bill would create new criminal penalties and could threaten some people's First Amendment rights.
Many laws, even those that may appear neutral on their face, have disparate impacts on people of color in Maine. Adding a data-driven analysis to proposed legislation would allow lawmakers to fully...
The failed War on Drugs targeted Black and Brown communities nationwide, and many people remain incarcerated or are still living with the effects of a past conviction for something that is now legal.