by Rose Lundy | June 17, 2021
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services is collecting employee vaccination rates for each hospital in the state, numbers it is expected to post publicly for the first time. The increased attention on staff immunizations signals the importance that state...
by Rose Lundy | May 9, 2021
There were 18 domestic abuse homicide cases in Maine in 2018 and 2019, accounting for nearly 43 percent of the state’s homicides during that period, according to a report released by Attorney General Aaron Frey. That rate is unchanged from the last biennial report,...
by Julie Pike | April 25, 2021
Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on April 2, 2020, and has been updated. The first Mainer suspected of contracting COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, returned from a trip to Italy on March 6 with symptoms of a cold. By then, more...
by Douglas Rooks | April 18, 2021
If you’re sentenced to a long prison term in Maine, your chances of being released early are almost nil. In 1976, Maine became the first state to abolish parole entirely, also doing away with the Executive Council, which once shared authority for pardons with the...
by Katie Brown | April 18, 2021
State lawmakers are considering nearly a dozen pieces of legislation to better regulate PFAS, a group of “forever chemicals” associated with various health risks, and widely used in industrial processes and household products. The bills will pass through the...
