Lawmakers move to take politics out of grant awards
Oversight committee votes to craft legislation that would make it hard to award grants and contracts to unqualified applicants.
LePage, lawmakers confident uninspected dams are safe
Investigative report revealed Maine had records of on-time inspections of only 10 percent of the 93 dams in the state classified as high or significant hazard.
Half of dams that threaten lives lack state inspection
“Some day something’s going to happen,” said Sen. Stanley Gerzofsky, D-Brunswick, “and people’s eyes are going to open up.”
Audit: Maine gave $3 million contract to group that lacked capacity
Audit finds that agency in charge of Maine's energy programs gave a $3 million grant to a startup non-profit incapable of taking on the responsibility of the contract.
Legislators say leak of contract probe designed to “spin” findings
Lawmakers condemned the leak of a confidential investigation of a now-defunct energy group and allege the leak was designed to cast the scrutinized organizations in the best light possible.
‘Rapid’ probe ordered for green energy group
The head of the state’s accountability agency promised a legislative committee to “follow the money” as she investigates the $1.1 million grant that went to a now defunct energy group.