These stories appear on The Monitor website as part of a collaboration between The Maine Monitor and Maine Focus, the investigative team of the Bangor Daily News, a partnership to strengthen investigative journalism in Maine. Read more about the collaboration.
A teenager’s immigration arrest started with a Maine traffic stop
The details of how 17-year-old Jose Adalberto Herrera and his uncle went from driving to work to federal custody highlights the role that local police play in aiding federal immigration enforcement.
Two transgender girls, six federal agencies. How Trump is trying to pressure Maine into obedience.
Maine said it wouldn’t break state law to follow President Donald Trump’s order barring transgender girls from playing girls’ sports. Then came a barrage of investigations and threats.
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.
For young offenders in Maine, justice varies with geography
Maine has tried to send fewer teenagers to prison, emphasizing rehabilitation programs instead. But the rural north of the state shows the effort has played out unevenly.
‘Shame on us’: How Maine struggles to handle troubled youth
Even as fewer teens are being prosecuted, the state is not providing enough intervention, rehabilitation and other help.