Caitlin Andrews

25 posts

Caitlin Andrews has spent most of the last decade writing about government accountability, health care, right to know issues and more in Maine and New Hampshire.

But she’ll write about anything, as long as the story is good. She occasionally is a freelance contributor to The Maine Monitor.

Caitlin’s work has been recognized by the Association of Health Care Journalists, New England Newspaper & Press Association, National Newspaper Association and Maine Press Association.

Contact Caitlin with questions, concerns or story ideas: caitlin@themainemonitor.org

A worn down staircase leading to the closed front door of a house

Decades-old legal protections of low-income mortgages at risk with appeal pending

Federal mortgage interests, banking associations line up to partake in Supreme Court appeal that could upend foreclosure protection precedents.

ByCaitlin Andrews

October 2, 2022

Side-by-side photos of Gov. Janet Mills and former Gov. Paul LePage

Mills, LePage navigate tricky politics of gun rights

NRA endorsed the Republican challenger, but gave the incumbent Democrat an improved grade from her 2018 campaign.

ByCaitlin Andrews

September 27, 2022

Why the Sappi mill became a flashpoint in the governor’s race

Maine’s connection to its dwindling paper industry makes the relationship between a paper mill and a dam a delicate political issue in this election year.

ByCaitlin Andrews

September 18, 2022

I voted stickers given out to voters on election day

Maine elections clerks field “frivolous requests” in apparent effort to sow distrust

Copy cat demands for elections data mirror those in other states.

ByCaitlin Andrews

September 7, 2022