Lance Tapley

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Lance Tapley, of Augusta, is a veteran investigative reporter and a co-author of “The United States and Torture: Interrogation, Incarceration, and Abuse,” published by New York University Press.

Key legislator promoting Irving mining proposal took unreported free flight from firm’s lobbyists

Sen. Thomas Saviello, R-Wilton, accepted a free private plane ride to Aroostook from Irving's lobbyists and didn't report it to the state ethics commission.

ByLance Tapley

May 20, 2015

John Martin listens as Craig Hickman (shown back-to) speaks in a one-on-one session in the chambers of the State House

Irving lowers Rep. Martin’s bankruptcy debt by $150k and Martin pushes another Irving firm’s mining interests

An Irving family company agreed to reduce by $150,000 the debt Rep. John Martin, a leading Democratic legislator, owed to the company.

ByLance Tapley

May 19, 2015

State OKs doubling pollution at Old Town pulp mill

DEP to grant most of Old Town Fuel & Fiber pulp mill’s request to increase its permitted carbon monoxide emissions.

ByLance Tapley

July 24, 2012

The black dome of the Maine State House stands among the trees.

‘F’ in national study means Maine ‘ripe’ for corruption

Maine earns failing grade from in national assessment of accountability and transparency across the 50 states.

ByNaomi Schalit Lance Tapley John Christie

March 19, 2012

Taxpayers spending millions on mill that keeps on polluting

The state has spent millions of dollars to prop up the Old Town pulp mill while steadily fining the mill’s owner for ongoing pollution. And now the biggest fine ever is imminent.

ByLance Tapley

January 11, 2012