Maine colleges are spending more and more on legal fees and lobbying
Bowdoin College’s legal fees nearly tripled last year. It’s not the only Maine school that saw a jump.
UMaine is on the hook for the financial shortfalls of a hotel on campus
Now the public university plans to put students in the hotel to offset costs, but it will pay more than $1 million in rent each year to do so.
MaineHealth will close Lincoln Hospital’s labor and delivery unit in December
The hospital system’s board of trustees voted to close the Damariscotta hospital’s birthing center on Thursday. It promised no additional closures in the next two years.
MaineHealth sued over potential closure of labor and delivery unit
The lawsuit comes after months of community opposition to a potential closure of a Damariscotta hospital’s birthing center, and follows requests from Gov. Janet Mills and other officials to delay the decision.
‘They keep killing people’: Grief and anger follow Biddeford ICE shooting
Hundreds of people gathered at protests in Southern Maine after a man was shot and killed by federal immigration agents in Biddeford on Monday.
Maine is ramping up effort to reduce packaging in landfills. Will towns participate?
The state is seeking an operator for a new program to shift some recycling costs from municipalities to large companies. But only 16% of municipalities have said they’ll sign up so far.
Maine has engaged in 48 lawsuits against the federal government in President Trump’s second term. Here’s how the state is handling them.
The state has hired one attorney to help handle the increase in litigation, but has not hired outside counsel.