The two-term former Republican governor is tending bar at McSeagulls Restaurant in Boothbay Harbor this summer. Read More
The Bangor Daily News analyzed the money at stake to see who would benefit and who would lose if the line is completed, and what’s in it for the people of Maine. Read More
“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
Being incarcerated before a trial means defendants have a harder time reaching their attorneys, are cut off from the support of their family, can’t continue working to support their defense and can’t take steps to rehabilitate themselves in the eyes of the court, making it more likely that they will plead guilty. Read More
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
The contracts that would govern power sold over the completed transmission line “undermine the original intent and purpose” of the project to bring new amounts of clean, renewable power into New England, the Massachusetts attorney general and environmental groups said. Hydro-Quebec, which would sell electricity over the line, called the idea “illogical.” Read More
How 1 Mainer was jailed for sleeping in the wrong place, while another accused of murder walked free
Research shows that requiring cash to bail out of jail is no more effective than just releasing people with no financial requirement, and it fundamentally disadvantages those of lesser means. Meanwhile, the number of people unable to bail out has reached unprecedented heights in Maine. Read More