Articles by Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting
Energy group funded via state agency hired mostly Dem lawmakers, activists
By Naomi Schalit, Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting on Feb. 07, 2011, at 12:01 a.m.
The Maine Green Energy Alliance, which last week announced it was returning the balance of its $1.1 million government funding to promote home retrofits after it had fallen well behind its goals, says it is a nonpartisan organization. But an examination of the Hallowell-based group by the Maine Center for ...
Nutting pharmacy building sale didn’t profit state
By Naomi Schalit, Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting on Dec. 06, 2010, at 8:28 p.m.
The brick building on Main Street in Oakland that housed True’s Pharmacy was purchased by Robert and Wendy Nutting in 1997 for $174,000. Eight years later, it was sold for $260,000 — an $86,000 increase. The pharmacy, owned by Robert Nutting, Maine’s new Speaker of the House, went through bankruptcy ...
Misfilled prescription earned Nutting penalty
AUGUSTA — Just a month before Republicans nominated pharmacist and state Rep. Robert Nutting, R-Oakland, to be the next speaker of the House, a state agency disciplined him for giving a customer the wrong medication. On Oct. 1, the state Department of Professional and Financial Regulation sent Nutting a letter ...
GOP lawmakers still back Nutting as speaker
His fellow Republicans backed him when he was in trouble in 2003 — and they still back him now. When Rep. Robert Nutting was battling Maine regulators in 2003 over a payment plan for the $1 million-plus his pharmacy owed the state in Medicaid overbilling, his fellow Kennebec County Republican ...
PUC: Sorry for that $36,000 e-mail charge
The current chairman of the commission said the actual cost of retrieving the e-mails was $160 — 16 hours work at $10 an hour.
Past costs haunt Maine pension fund
In 1995, fed up with the state’s failure to adequately fund its pension system, critics came up with the ultimate solution.
‘Someone else’s problem’ a factor in pension debt
Editor’s Note: This is the second part in a multipart series to be published between now and November about the state’s debt to teachers and state employees for their pensions and retiree health …
Wind power law hasn’t prevented development conflicts
After proposing major changes to state law that would speed up the review of wind power projects, Gov. John Baldacci’s wind power task force members went one step further: They made a map.
Task force had mandate to promote wind power, not study it
Gov. John Baldacci established the Governor's Task Force on Wind Power Development by executive order on May 8, 2007 with the expectation it would make Maine a leader in the wind …
State pension costs growing, threatening other services
Within a few years, the state’s ability pay for its daily operations and invest in its future will be threatened by an obscure budget item that doesn’t pave a road, aid the needy, imprison a criminal or help a Maine kid pay for college.
Democratic Blaine House hopefuls' resumes examined
One takes credit for leading the fight to save the Maine forests. One takes credit for lowering Mainers' taxes. One takes credit for cleaning up a Maine river. One takes credit for housing the old and the poor all across Maine.
GOP candidates’ resumes prove mostly accurate
The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting has checked documents, scoured the Internet and conducted interviews ...
Group asks AG to probe official of First Wind
AUGUSTA, Maine — A citizens' group has asked Maine's Attorney General to investigate former Public Utilities Commission Chairman Kurt Adams after revelations that he accepted a grant of "equity units" in a wind power company while still on the state's payroll.
Ex-PUC head enriched by utility company
While he was Maine's chief utilities regulator, Kurt Adams accepted an ownership interest in a leading wind energy company.
Glenburn art teacher killed in Friday morning collision in Bangor
Harvard student asked to leave bar for ‘bad behavior,’ not drunkenness
LePage blasts teachers union for endorsing same-sex marriage question
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A people’s revolt in Bar Harbor
Old Town football coach steps down
Perakslis helps UMaine beat Albany; Binghamton next in America East tournament
Orono baseball shuts out archrival Old Town for ninth straight victory
Stony Brook knocks out UMaine to win America East tournament
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Former CEO of MaineToday Media Richard Connor sued over $250,000 in loans
Small idea launches major project in Hampden
Diversity predicts export success, MIT professor tells Maine audience
New, old methods combine to deter scrap metal thefts in Aroostook
Gary Allan talks with the BDN leading up to Bangor concert
Out of the ashes, Central Street’s garden grows
Mid Coast Actor’s Studio provides new forum for classic plays
Signs lead artist to opportunity
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