What we’re monitoring: K-12 Education • Higher Education
Second time around, MSAD 58 voters approve $13.2 million budget
Turnout drops sharply from June’s vote as the district backs a 5.32 percent spending increase.
Maine colleges are spending more and more on legal fees and lobbying
Bowdoin College’s legal fees nearly tripled last year. It’s not the only Maine school that saw a jump.
UMaine is on the hook for the financial shortfalls of a hotel on campus
Now the public university plans to put students in the hotel to offset costs, but it will pay more than $1 million in rent each year to do so.
Read the records outlining UMaine’s deal with Hotel Ursa
Three main documents show the history and details of UMaine’s public-private partnership.
MSAD 58 voters to reconsider school budget in Monday referendum
The revised proposal for the 2026-27 school year restores full funding after voters rejected the initial spending plan June 9.
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