Maine’s pool of money from taxes on home sales is growing. How is it being used?
A recent debate in the Legislature over funding for homeless shelters highlights the competition over revenue from the state’s real estate transfer tax.
Maine could help convert empty schools into housing. But it’s tricky.
A former school near the Canadian border has been empty for 15 years. One in the Midcoast closed last year. Both are trying to figure out what’s next.
Complaint against state Supreme Court justice raises questions about judicial ethics
The Committee on Judicial Conduct will decide whether Justice Catherine Connors violated the ethics code in a process that has little public oversight.
MaineCare dental patients face long waits, drives for care
Lawmakers expanded the state-run insurance to cover adult dental care in 2022, but a year later, patients struggle to find a dentist who will take them.
A death of choice
Karen Wentworth believed people should control their own deaths. Facing terminal cancer, she lived to define her own ending.
Pharmacists feel the stress as pressure on their profession keeps growing
Overworked and understaffed, professionals who play a key role in Mainers’ health care fear for patients’ well-being, and their own.
Mills proposes revamp to intellectual and developmental disability services in new budget
A lifespan waiver could ensure people receive consistent care throughout their lives. But more needs to be done to make sure those services are available, advocates say.