What we’re monitoring: 131st Legislature • 2024 Elections • Local Government • State Government • Federal Government
A year since the region saw disastrous flooding, western Maine officials say they’re better prepared
Towns are working together and eyeing new resilience projects. They’re looking to the state to help them pay for them.
After last December’s floods, one western Maine town dredged the river. Now they must undo it.
State officials say the town of Phillips went too far in its response to the flooding, damaging an Atlantic salmon habitat. Town leaders deny they did anything wrong.
Maine public housing tenants face eviction at high rates. A new program to keep renters housed excludes them.
A new eviction prevention program fails to protect some of Maine’s most vulnerable residents from homelessness.
Sanford looks to restrict needle exchange with emergency ordinance
Restricting syringe service programs to a 1:1 exchange would be “detrimental” to public health, Maine CDC director says.
Who donated to Jared Golden and Austin Theriault?
A Maine Monitor analysis of FEC data finds the majority of Golden’s individual contributions came from out of state, while Theriault’s were more evenly split.
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