text: In 1990 , the Commission on Legal Needs in Maine , chaired by former Senator Edmund Muskie and made up of Commissioners drawn from the judiciary , the legislature , the private bar , and the low-income community , convened a series of hearings around the state and issued a report calling for increased resources for legal services with a number of recommendations for improving access .
  
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  The Commission on Legal Needs in Maine is chaired by former Senator Edmund Muskie .