The three other candidates for governor disclosed their financial details. Read More
Every data source has strengths and weaknesses — blind spots that leave us, at times, with only partial answers. Read More
Why is housing more unaffordable? Blame falling income. Read More
A DHHS official said the agency could produce only “incomplete and inaccurate” records. Read More
“If someone’s going to the emergency room for any condition, you hope they’re able to get treatment for any condition and that the end result wouldn’t be jail,” said Kevin Voyvodich of Disability Rights Maine. Read More
Documenting the opioid crisis
Chipping away at the stigma that blocks too many people addicted to drugs and their loved ones from seeking recovery options emerged as the priority Wednesday in a gathering that included three candidates for governor. Read More
A look at preventing one of the largest public health problems of this time. Read More
The Maine Children's Trust first received $23 million in 2016 without competing for it. Read More
“When you’re done with this experience, you do not want to wear the badge of former child welfare mom,” said one mother. “That’s not a title anybody’s proud of, ever.” Read More
It appeared to be the first time Maine police detonated an armed robot on a civilian. Read More
Gov. Paul LePage hasn’t made appointments to the board since January 2016. Read More
They had nowhere else to go. Read More
LD 525, which passed the Maine Legislature in June and became law without the governor’s signature, will provide the first public financial support for batterers’ intervention programs in Maine, allowing the programs to enroll offenders without the means to pay. Read More
For Hailey Steward's family, the statistics are personal. Read More
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services “will take prompt action” to comply with a law requiring that it restore its staff of public health nurses, according to a lawyer defending the department against a lawsuit for its failure to implement the 2017 law. Read More
C21 Investments said it terminated the deal with businessman Kevin Dean because of a law modifying rules for recreational marijuana in Maine. Read More
During that time, the company cut two-thirds of its workforce, employing the equivalent of 15 full-time workers in May and June. Read More
“There’s funding there to hire nurses,” said one nurse who's part of the lawsuit. “I don’t understand why the department isn’t hiring highly qualified nurses to work.” Read More
While the two major party candidates spent heavily on television ads to win their respective primary races, two unenrolled challengers have focused their efforts online. Read More
“How are we doing a good job for these kids, that we’ve removed them from their parents, they’re traumatized, they’re scared, and then we plop them in a hotel? How is that best for them?” Read More
"I’m scared to die,” said Zachary Smith, who has an opioid use disorder and lost his sister to an overdose in 2016. Read More
Maine regulators have required the state's largest private electricity seller, Electricity Maine, to tell them why it should be allowed to keep selling in Maine after a rash of complaints about deceptive sales practices. Read More
