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.
Inside UMaine’s quiet struggle with the Trump administration over federal funding
Joan Ferrini-Mundy, the university’s president, compared the funding disruptions to the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The USDA wouldn’t let her give up her house when she couldn’t pay her mortgage. Instead, it crushed her with debt.
The USDA failed to follow its own guidance for a rural mortgage program, taking years to foreclose on delinquent loans. As a result, 55 Maine borrowers racked up, on average, $110,000 in additional debt before the agency moved to take the homes.
A 13-year-old immigrant was arrested in Maine. It took 2 weeks to get her home.
The girl, who was in a vehicle stopped near Farmington before Memorial Day and was released after intervention from politicians, is an example of how children have become ensnared in President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration agenda.
Conditions are perfect in the Maine woods for moose-killing ticks
Changes in Maine’s North Woods have caused tick populations to boom, killing off large numbers of moose calves and worrying scientists who are experimenting with ways to preserve the health of the iconic animal.
A ‘concerned’ Mainer’s tip got an immigrant wrongly detained for 65 days
Border agents in Calais arrested the Venezuelan man who was allowed to be in the U.S., prompting a strongly worded decision from a federal judge this week.