Samantha Hogan

133 posts

Samantha Hogan focuses on government accountability projects for The Maine Monitor. She joined the newsroom as its first full-time reporter in 2019 with Report for America. Samantha was named the 2021 Maine’s Journalist of the Year by the Maine Press Association, and spent 2020 reporting on Maine’s court system through the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. Her reporting on county jails recording and listening to attorney-client phone calls won the Silver Gavel award from the American Bar Association and was also a semi-finalist for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2023. Samantha previously worked for The Frederick News-Post and interned twice for The Washington Post.

The exterior of the Capital Judicial Center. A man is walking towards the stairs of the building.

Justice rules ACLU can proceed with lawsuit against state public defense agency, commissioners

The ACLU of Maine lawsuit contends the state’s unique public defense system is failing indigent defendants.

BySamantha Hogan

June 6, 2022

I voted stickers given out to voters on election day

Vacant and newly filled clerk jobs are a concern ahead of Maine’s primary elections

Municipalities are trying to fill several top local election jobs that are vacant due to retirements or harassment.

BySamantha Hogan

May 22, 2022

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows stands between the U.S. Flag and State of Maine flag in her office.

Elections officials fight misinformation about Maine’s voting security

Voter fraud has been rare and identifiable in the state because of paper ballots and individual voter histories.

BySamantha Hogan

May 22, 2022

A crowd on a street in Portland rallies in support of the woman's decision to have an abortion. Many are holding signs, including one that reads bans off our bodies.

Abortion will continue in Maine even as Supreme Court looks to overturn Roe

"Abortion is still available in the United States and it's certainly available in Maine. And it will be after the Supreme Court issues its final decision," said the Maine Family Planning CEO.