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December 14, 2019
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    MAINE FOCUS

    The Maine hospitals with no staff certified to do sexual assault exams

    Most hospitals in Maine have at least one sexual assault forensic examiner, but currently five of the state’s 34 hospitals with emergency departments do not, according to a review by the Bangor Daily News. Read More
        MAINE FOCUS

        Maine is poised to end secret settlements in workplace discrimination cases

        Around 2 a.m., in the waning hours of the final day of the legislative session, a group of lawmakers sat with the governor in her office in Augusta and looked over a bill, LD 1529, one more time. It had already passed the Maine House and Maine Senate, but Gov. Janet Mills had some concerns. Read More
            MAINE FOCUS

            As Bangor looks to register and inspect all rentals, here’s what other Maine cities do

            In March, a Bangor Housing Work Group put forward a number of ideas to improve the city’s housing quality and safety. Read More
                MAINE FOCUS

                Maine’s university system: Student suing it has no grounds, had previously agreed not to sue

                The University of Maine at Farmington is currently investigating the male student, and has in the past, for stalking, harassment, sexual misconduct, sexual assault and physical assault against multiple women. Read More
                    MAINE FOCUS

                    Map: For the first time, see where Lewiston sued to get landlords to repair homes

                    This map represents the first known collection of the most difficult code enforcement cases in Lewiston and shows that a handful of people have been responsible for the bulk of deteriorating buildings. Read More
                      • Lewiston’s fight against its ‘truly uncooperative’ landlords
                      MAINE FOCUS

                      St. Mary’s hospital still won’t say whether it notified patients of ‘wall of shame’

                      Federal law requires health care organizations to tell patients when their information is inappropriately disclosed. Read More
                        • St. Mary’s hospital employees created a ‘wall of shame’ of patients with disabilities
                        MAINE FOCUS

                        St. Mary’s hospital apologizes for ‘wall of shame’

                        The parent companies of a Lewiston hospital where employees created a “wall of shame” of patients with disabilities apologized publicly today to the former employee who took the matter to the Maine Human Rights Commission. Read More
                          • St. Mary’s hospital employees created a ‘wall of shame’ of patients with disabilities
                          MAINE FOCUS

                          St. Mary’s hospital employees created a ‘wall of shame’ of patients with disabilities

                          Employees at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Lewiston created a “wall of shame” where they displayed confidential medical records of patients with disabilities. Read More
                              MAINE FOCUS

                              24 families said Brunswick sports treated girls unequally. The high school is eyeing an overhaul.

                              The families’ concerns stem not from public spending but, rather, the potential influence of private money through booster clubs. Read More
                                  MAINE FOCUS

                                  Student suing Maine’s university system is under investigation for sexual misconduct against 4 women

                                  The university system’s legal response is the latest twist in a story that began when two female students agreed to be interviewed by the BDN about how the University of Maine at Farmington handled their reports of rape under the federal law Title IX. Read More
                                      MAINE FOCUS

                                      A student cleared of rape sues Maine’s university system for not protecting him more

                                      A male student, whom multiple women publicly said assaulted or harassed them, filed a lawsuit against Maine’s public university system on Monday alleging that he was, in fact, a sexual assault victim and that the school did not protect him. Read More
                                        • 5 women say a man UMF cleared of rape also assaulted or harassed them
                                        MAINE FOCUS

                                        Maine has $2M for recovery homes. None in the Bangor region qualifies.

                                        To qualify for the money, the homes have to meet national standards and allow residents to take addiction treatment medication. Read More
                                          • Here are the recovery homes in the Bangor area
                                          • New home for families harmed by addiction planned for Bangor area
                                          MAINE FOCUS

                                          New home for families harmed by addiction planned for Bangor area

                                          “There is nothing like working with moms who are really trying to find their way." Read More
                                            • Maine has $2M for recovery homes. None in the Bangor region qualifies.
                                            • Here are the recovery homes in the Bangor area
                                            MAINE FOCUS

                                            Here are the recovery homes in the Bangor area

                                            There is no complete list, so let us know if we missed anything. Read More
                                              • Maine has $2M for recovery homes. None in the Bangor region qualifies.
                                              • New home for families harmed by addiction planned for Bangor area
                                              MAINE FOCUS

                                              Mainers gave money to LePage to prevent domestic violence. He spent it elsewhere.

                                              “I am not normally one to get all political as I hate the state of politics and how hateful everyone seems to have become,” said the main organizer of the fundraiser. But in this case, “I am so deeply disgusted with Governor LePage.” Read More
                                                • How a ‘failure in leadership’ undermined a push to expand monitoring of alleged domestic abusers
                                                MAINE FOCUS

                                                How a ‘failure in leadership’ undermined a push to expand monitoring of alleged domestic abusers

                                                Instead, some counties have taken it upon themselves to develop electronic monitoring programs, scattering the effort and creating different approaches across the state. In addition, jail populations have remained stubbornly high, not because of an increase in sentenced prisoners but because of an increase in prisoners unable to bail out before their trial. Read More
                                                  • Found on a frozen lake, she waits in jail with her ‘ghosts,’ unable to pay $500
                                                  MAINE FOCUS

                                                  Rare study could show Maine how to keep its young people

                                                  That finding could influence discussions about the prospects of youth in Maine, which has seen its number of working-age people steadily decline. Read More
                                                      MAINE FOCUS

                                                      The mystery behind the decline in opioid-exposed babies in the Bangor region

                                                      The discussions that have ensued around the decline show just how much there is still to learn. Read More
                                                          MAINE FOCUS

                                                          Thomas College’s note to faculty about sexual misconduct stories stifles discussion, some say

                                                          At least one professor at the Waterville college bristled at the idea of the school appearing to restrict discussion. Read More
                                                            • 3 women reported a man’s groping, but their college didn’t act. Then he began following them.
                                                            MAINE FOCUS

                                                            5 charts and maps that show where the opioid epidemic stands in the Bangor region

                                                            “It all goes back to the social determinants of health, which is really where the prevention work will happen. If you don’t address trauma and health and housing and all of those things, we’re going to continue to be where we are or worse in the years to come,” said Patty Hamilton, director of Bangor's public health department. Read More
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