Maine regulators downplayed the appearance of a conflict of interest, while others said the firm’s work for both sides should raise questions about what was billed as an independent report. Read More
More people are ending up in the psychiatric wing of the Maine State Prison, instead of the state’s psychiatric hospital, raising questions about due process, oversight and quality of care. But there are no other options for those who are violent and severely ill. Read More
This Thursday, the Maine Public Utilities Commission is scheduled to conclude its investigation into Central Maine Power’s metering and billing system, which the company rolled out more than two years ago. Read More
The University of Maine at Farmington fired a part-time music faculty member recently and forbade his employment elsewhere in the University of Maine System after learning he is under investigation for sexual abuse of a minor student at a New York school where he used to work. Read More
As the properties leave the program, they can lose their rental assistance, leaving tenants' fates uncertain as officials grapple with how to preserve the homes of people living in areas where there are few incentives for private development. 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
Maine’s child protective workers are still struggling to determine during their initial investigations whether children are safe at home and, later on, whether children would be safe if they were reunified with their parents, according to a new report. Read More
A Q&A about what motivated Nancy Mills to address the high rates of mental illness among Maine defendants. Read More
As the Maine Legislature considers a bill that would have the state take over private electric companies, here's a guide to some of the issues at play. Read More
For nearly 140 years, politicians have been trying to wrestle control of power — both the kind that moves electrons and the kind that decides elections — from for-profit electric utilities. But the push has taken on a new focus as Maine and the world confront climate change. Read More
But most sex discrimination, such as sexual harassment in the workplace, remains unreported. Read More
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
Using a new approach, they’ve filed a series of complaints asking regulators to kick Maine’s largest utility out of the state. Read More
A new committee studying ways to stem the rise in prisoners awaiting trial questions how to “break the futile cycle of task forces.” Read More
The demolition of three of its buildings is slated for December. Read More
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
Three single mothers have been stewing over the future of their Portland homes for weeks now, and a new letter has only seemed to replace a hard deadline to leave with an ambiguous one, they said. Read More
Low-income tenants at a housing complex in Portland who were surprised and devastated to get eviction notices last month should never have received the letters, a representative for the property owner said late Tuesday. Read More
The company that recently purchased a Portland apartment complex and is evicting a large number of low-income families there was formed by members of a Massachusetts family known for their philanthropy. Read More
At least 16 low-income households at an apartment complex in Portland have been told to move out during the coming holiday season, in what may be one of the biggest mass evictions in Maine’s largest city in recent years. Read More
Infighting at the Lewiston Democratic Party spilled into public view this week as audio depicting a bizarre alleged confrontation between party leaders and a Democratic candidate for Lewiston City Council was uploaded to YouTube just days before the city’s municipal election. Read More
