AUGUSTA, Maine, April 8 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following news release: Rep. Laura Supica, D-Bangor, introduced a bill on Tuesday to protect survivors of economic abuse from long-term consequences before the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety (CJPS). LD 947 amends current Maine statute to empower the courts to consider economic abuse by a spouse when ordering spousal support and dividing up property. Of domestic violence survivors in Maine, 81% cite   more