Unlike other natural disasters, the nearly 2-year-old pandemic has no predictable timeline. ‘The exhaustion is palpable.’
Rose Lundy
Rose Lundy is the public health reporter for The Maine Monitor, and is a 2020 Report for America corps member. Rose previously covered politics and local government for three years at The Daily News in southwest Washington. She grew up in Minnesota and graduated from the University of Wisconsin.
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Despite federal bailout, Maine’s largest hospitals ended 2020 in the red
While CARES Act funding helped the state’s three biggest healthcare systems, it wasn’t enough to offset pandemic costs.
Domestic abuse linked to 43 percent of Maine homicides in 2018-19
A panel calls for expanded community response and better cooperation between government, advocacy groups and schools to reduce the deaths.
Homeschooling in Maine soared during pandemic
The number of registered homeschool students increased 71 percent this school year, but the long-term effects are not clear.
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