Maine center guiding local opioid settlement spending says data will be public early next year
The USM-based center is providing technical support as millions of dollars flow into local governments to combat the opioid crisis.
Two years after Lewiston shooting, Maine voters approve red flag law
The ballot question, brought forward through a citizen initiative process, came after efforts to pass stricter gun laws failed in the state legislature.
Maine rejects voter ID, absentee voting limits
Opponents of Question 1 called the defeat a victory for “voting rights and for Maine voters.”
Question 1 could stop Maine prisoners from voting
The referendum question would require voters to show IDs that prisoners currently can’t have.
Here’s what you need to know about Maine’s two ballot questions this November
The two questions, both of which were put forward by Maine citizens, will ask voters whether they want to change voter ID and absentee voting rules and whether they want to implement a red flag law.
Across the country, older men are dying at higher rates of gun suicide. Here’s what that looks like in Maine.
More older Mainers died by gun suicide than they did in car crashes over a 15-year period. The numbers represent a troubling trend playing out in rural communities across the country.
Portland street medicine partnership provides care for some of city’s most vulnerable
“We are 100 percent reaching patients who would not otherwise be reached:” Pregnant, unhoused and struggling with addiction.