USDA targets Maine homeowners with new wave of foreclosure filings
This is the second time in a year the agency has specifically targeted Maine with a wave of filings.
Watchdog criticizes Maine’s management of billions in Medicaid funding
The findings from State Auditor Matt Dunlap’s office come amid a torrent of calls for increased scrutiny of how the state spends its MaineCare dollars and allegations of fraud.
Penalties pile up for poor Mainers facing stalled USDA foreclosures
Many already owed hundreds of thousands of dollars by the time the USDA filed for foreclosure because it waited years to prosecute their cases.
Judges in Maine cases admonish ICE for falsehoods and violating court orders
Four federal judges have ordered ICE to release detainees after discovering the agency filed documents that were false or ignored a judge’s order.
Woman held by ICE describes poor conditions at a Maine jail
The case of a Connecticut woman is the first example of an immigrant criticizing conditions in a Portland jail that has generated headlines around its role in the national enforcement surge.
ICE said it was arresting ‘the worst of the worst’ in Maine. We only found a few criminals.
The BDN used court records and other sources to identify 67 of roughly 200 people arrested in Maine during last month's surge.
A quarter of people arrested in Maine’s ICE surge are challenging their detentions
The Trump administration described its surge as targeting criminals. Dozens have gone to court and told a different story.