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00000171-bbcb-dc93-afff-bbebc31a0000As we age, how do we find fulfillment in work, exercise, relationships, where we live, and how we die?Maine Public Radio's series "In This Life" connects you to Maine's aging population. Tune in to hear the stories of people in their 70s, 80s, and 90s.

00000171-bbcb-dc93-afff-bbebb78a0000The Maine Education Project explores student-centered learning from early childhood through college and beyond. The project is funded by the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, which is working to encourage a transformation of public schools toward places that create learning opportunities to engage and inspire all students to meet challenging standards.Spearheaded by Robbie Feinberg, education news producer, and Dave Boardman, education program coordinator, the project seeks stories about innovative learning in Maine’s classrooms and educational institutions and connects with the voices of students, educators and policymakers as they look at solutions to the challenges facing education today. We highlight the perspectives of students and educators, and provide curriculum resources for writing about education and finding success through our Raise Your Voice! initiative.Have a story suggestion? Contact the team at MaineEducationProject@mainepublic.org.

00000171-bbcb-dc93-afff-bbebb27d0000Thank you to our Your Vote 2016 sponsors: MEMIC, Lambert Coffin and the Colby Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Civil Engagement.CONGRESSIONAL DEBATES:First District Congressional DebateWatch NowListen NowMore Coverage: Chellie Pingree Maine Calling, Mark Holbrook Maine CallingSecond District Congressional DebateWatch NowListen NowMore Coverage: Emily Cain Maine Calling. Note: Congressman Poliquin declined our invitation to appear on Maine Calling for a Your Vote 2016 profile.BALLOT QUESTIONS:Question 1 legalizes, regulates and taxes marijuana as an agricultural product.Watch NowListen NowMore Coverage: High Stakes: How Legalizing Pot Could Affect MaineQuestion 2 establishes a 3% tax on household income over $200,000 to increase public school aid.Watch NowListen NowMore Coverage: Mainers to Decide: Pay for Education Costs With Tax on Wealthy?Question 3 requires specific background checks for gun sales and transfers.Watch NowListen NowMore Coverage: Culture Clash: Mainers Takes Sides in Gun Control ReferendumQuestion 4 increases minimum wage to $12 per hour by 2020.Watch NowListen NowMore Coverage: Raising the Minimum WageQuestion 5 establishes statewide ranked-choice voting.Watch NowListen NowMore Coverage: Can Ranked-Choice Voting Improve Maine's Elections?, A Primer on Ranked- Choice Voting, produced by Minnesota Public Radio News.Question 6 issues $100 million in bonds for transportation projects.Additional Coverage:George Mitchell: 'From Mudslinging to Mutual Respect: How to Make Politics More Civil' (Watch Now), (Listen Now)Archive resources:Bruce Poliquin (R): Profile (2014), Maine Calling interview (2014)

00000171-bbcb-dc93-afff-bbebbd8c0000Off Mic is a blog about things you might have missed in Maine politics. It’s a place for those news tidbits that aren’t quite a story, or that were part of story but were hacked out by a thoughtless editor.

Coming soon to a campus near you!From December 2016 through April 2017, Maine Public will bring its new SPEAK to ME project to college campuses, vocational schools, and high schools across Maine. SPEAK to ME centers around asking students thought-provoking questions about education, race, politics, and other important issues of our time and share their answers with the greater Maine Public audience.Special thanks goes to the two sponsors of this initiative, the University of New England and Maine’s Credit Unions, who understand the value and importance of education for Maine’s youth.A student models a Speak to ME t-shirtParticipating students will enter an otherwise empty auditorium with a question to answer and a 5 minute time limit. Our automated recording equipment will capture responses while giving students the quiet space to be honest and thoughtful. Content gathered through SPEAK to ME will be reviewed and curated by Maine Public's Maine Education Project team for use on social media and in podcast form.SPEAK to ME Potential Prompts:"What would you say to someone thinking of dropping out of school?""Is it possible for one individual to make a difference?""Are you optimistic about your future?""When Do You Remember Learning a New Word? What was it?""How Would You Like to Help Our World?""Would You Vote This Year If You Could?""Can You Pass a Basic Religion Test?""Are There Books That Should Be Banned From Your School Library?""Is Everything You’ve Been Taught About Study Habits Wrong?""Could you survive in your school without a cellphone?""What do you want to learn?"Speak to ME event at Presque Isle High School on December 10, 2016Completed stops:Presque Isle High SchoolCurrently planning stops at:Traip AcademySouth Portland High SchoolCamden HillsNorth Yarmouth AcademyScarborough High SchoolWells High SchoolUniversity of New EnglandInterested in having your school participate? Shoot us a note to speaktome@mainepblic.org to get things started!

Maine Public's first cultural travel program explored Havana in March of 2017. Maine Public's CEO Mark Vogelzang and nearly 20 Mainers experienced Cuba together at a particularly exciting time as the U.S. had re-opened its embassy and cultural travel for Americans, and as the Cuban government and institutions were changing in response to the freedom of the Internet and the exit of their revolutionary heroes, Fidel and Raul Castro. The value of meeting and learning from the people of Cuba (and seeing first-hand their contradictions and challenges) allowed the entire group of public radio and television fans to understand substantially more about Cuba than the group knew prior to this travel experience.