We looked at teacher salaries, warming temperatures, income levels, and a host of other metrics to describe life in Maine.

We looked at teacher salaries, warming temperatures, income levels, and a host of other metrics to describe life in Maine.
An examination of the highest paid employees at Maine’s private higher ed institutions.
This is how climate change has impacted Maine’s average temperatures, causing unpredictability along the way.
Twenty-four states and the District of Columbia had higher reporting rates than Maine of its law enforcement data to the FBI.
They say a picture paints 1,000 words. These photos from our newsletter subscribers attest to that as they helped us showcase the way of life in Maine.
Barely more than a quarter of Maine high school girls’ basketball teams are led by women. Most other sports also could do better.
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