by Samantha Hogan | June 6, 2021
Editor’s Note: This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. The Maine Monitor is a member of the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. Since opening his law practice on Lisbon Street in downtown...
by Samantha Hogan | April 25, 2021
A budget that will guide the next two years of spending in Maine passed the Legislature late last month without expanded funding for legal services for low-income Mainers. The decision opens the door further to litigation if lawmakers cannot resolve a decade of...
by Samantha Hogan | February 26, 2021
The temporary director of Maine’s public defense agency likened his first month on the job to a doctor performing “triage” as he has tried to restore financial and operational integrity to a fraught state agency. Justin Andrus intended to reopen his...
by Samantha Hogan | October 25, 2020
This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. The Maine Monitor is a member of the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. Officials are proposing to double the size of the budget set aside to...
by Samantha Hogan | October 14, 2020
This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. The Maine Monitor is a member of the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. Gov. Janet Mills publicly called for a bipartisan effort during the next...