Rose Lundy

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Rose Lundy is a senior public health reporter for The Maine Monitor, with a focus on Maine’s aging care system. She is passionate about stories that highlight systemic problems affecting the most vulnerable in our community.

Rose was previously a 2022 ProPublica Local Reporting Network fellow and a 2020 Report for America corps member. Before that, she was a reporter for three years at a daily newspaper in southwest Washington state. She now lives in Portland, Maine.

Her work has been recognized by the New England Newspaper & Press Association, Maine Public Health Association, National Newspaper Association Foundation, Local Independent Online News (LION) Publishers and Maine Press Association.

Contact Rose with questions, concerns or story ideas: rose@themainemonitor.org

Language(s) Spoken: English

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

A new bill could make it easier for Mainers to get small loans. It would also allow lenders to charge more.

Supporters claim the measure would help people in need of emergency funds, but opponents say it would undo protections against predatory lenders.

ByRose Lundy

February 23, 2025

Sue Mackey Andrews talks during a municipal meeting.

Maine’s childhood vaccination rates have benefited from the elimination of nonmedical exemptions

Maine had one of the highest opt-out rates in the country during the 2017-2018 school year.

ByRose Lundy

February 13, 2025

‘Do we hit pause? Do we pull the plug?’: In Maine, questions follow federal funding freeze

Nonprofit leaders and others reliant on federal grants said the Trump administration’s order put crucial services in jeopardy. And it’s unclear how to proceed.

ByJosh Keefe Rose Lundy Emily Bader Stephanie McFeeters

February 2, 2025

Working group recommends regulating intoxicating hemp

The group of health experts and producers wants the state to create age limits for intoxicating hemp-derived products and put a cap on the amount of THC in beverages.

ByRose Lundy

January 30, 2025

These are 31 bills to watch in the 132nd Legislature

We examined legislation recently introduced that you should pay attention to.

ByRose Lundy Emmett Gartner Josh Keefe Adrienne Washington Emily Bader

January 26, 2025

two nurses assist a patient as they walk down a hallway.

Following outcry, Maine health department waters down proposed staffing ratios

The Department of Health and Human Services released a new proposal with less aggressive increases than were initially proposed, and will give residential care facilities two years to phase in the changes.

ByRose Lundy

January 17, 2025

the entrance to the ABBA Women's Resource Center.

Concerns raised about Maine’s ‘crisis pregnancy centers’

Activists say these centers circulated misinformation about “abortion pill reversals” not supported by studies.

ByRose Lundy

January 16, 2025