Refugee Program, Housing Costs, Homeless Shelters, Standardized Tests

Welcome to Maine Public News Connect!

Today is Friday, January 27, and here are the week’s top stories.

Presented by Maine Public's Ari Snider.

Each week, News Connect presents top stories aired on Maine Public Radio, professionally translated into French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Somali, from English.

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You can access these videos for free each week:

- On our Maine Public News Connect playlist, on YouTube and Facebook

- At our website http://www.mainepublic.org/newsconnect

- By subscribing to our Newsletter: https://www.mainepublic.org/connect

- And by following @mainepublic on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

This news initiative was designed with the Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition, particularly with the help of PresentMaine, Congolese, and Angolan communities of Maine, and through a partnership with Amjambo Africa.

An additional thank you to these organizations who have helped raise awareness and have extended the reach of this project:
Catholic Charities of Maine, Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center, Portland Adult Education, Portland City Office of Economic Opportunity, and ProsperityME.

Maine Public News Connect has been made possible by individual supporters, businesses, and foundations from across Maine and by cPort Credit Union, Hannaford Supermarkets, IDEXX, Koo and Patricia Yuen, MaineHousing, and The Sam L. Cohen Foundation: all organizations dedicated to making difference in Maine.