KIDS News Archive

In our news archives for KIDS Legal Aid we will keep relevant news items from the last few months. If you find a link that no longer works, please let us know.

News Archive

Feb 03, 2012 ~  Join a Live Chat Friday at 1:30 p.m. ET on Dropouts and Delinquents  PBS Newshour Jan 31, 2012 ~  Maine teens to face tough new driver’s license requirements  Boston Globe Jan 29, 2012 ~  10 Tax Tips for Parents  WalnutPatch Jan 28, 2012 ~  LePage Reiterates Threat to Close Schools if Medicaid Cuts not Approved  MPBN News Jan 26, 2012 ~  Anti-bullying bill endorsed  Kennebec Journal Jan 21, 2012 ~  Constitution: LePage can't close schools  Lewiston Sun Journal Jan 20, 2012 ~  Maine Education Chief Calls for Statewide Teacher Evaluation Standards  MPBN News Jan 18, 2012 ~  Mother Of Teen Killed In Crash Hopes "Conversations" Will Save Others  WABI News Jan 17, 2012 ~  Education commissioner rolls out new plan that he says puts learners first  Bangor Daily News Jan 14, 2012 ~  Medicaid for baby  Bangor Daily News Jan 12, 2012 ~  Our View: Expelled students should have a way back (editorial)  Portland Press Herald Jan 11, 2012 ~  Measure would change rules for school expulsion, discipline  Kennebec Journal Jan 09, 2012 ~  Advocates hope lawmakers consider victims while weighing bullying bills  Lewiston Sun Journal Jan 08, 2012 ~  Promise of No Child Left Behind falls short after 10 years  USA Today Jan 07, 2012 ~  Poverty 2.0 (Edelman column)  Huffington Post Jan 01, 2012 ~  Child welfare agencies across country revamping foster parent role  Washington Post Jan 01, 2012 ~  Caylee's Law could come to Maine  WCSH News Dec 30, 2011 ~  Poor kids miss out on playtime, pediatricians say  Reuters Dec 23, 2011 ~  All Auburn kindergartners now have iPads  Lewiston Sun Journal Dec 17, 2011 ~  High schoolers plead to keep health centers  Portland Press Herald Dec 16, 2011 ~  Head Start proposal concerns local mother  Kennebec Journal Dec 14, 2011 ~  Aid for Child Care Drops When It Is Needed Most  New York Times Dec 13, 2011 ~  Report highlights barriers to college for Maine students  Bangor Daily News Dec 10, 2011 ~  When a disabled child dies  Boston Globe Dec 09, 2011 ~  Feds Applaud Maine Schools for Feeding Kids Healthy Food  MPBN News Dec 06, 2011 ~  For Mill Town's Youth, 'It Can't Get Any Worse'  NPR Morning Edition Dec 02, 2011 ~  Vaccine exemptions below average in Maine, but officials want it lower  Kennebec Journal Dec 01, 2011 ~  School rejects HIV-positive student  Portland Press Herald / AP Nov 30, 2011 ~  Maine a leader in anti-tobacco spending, but more teens are smoking  Bangor Daily News Nov 29, 2011 ~  Maine Voices: Homeless young people are hard to count, and also hard to help  Portland Press Herald Nov 27, 2011 ~  Adoptive and Foster Families of Maine In Need of Donations for Children this Holiday Season  WABI News