by Samantha Hogan | November 22, 2020
In the final six weeks of the year, Maine’s public defense agency is racing to meet multiple deadlines to overhaul its operations while also beginning a search for a new executive director. A “very lean” staff of three people will be expected to run...
by Samantha Hogan | November 11, 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. Maine Gov. Janet Mills said Tuesday she was reluctant to provide further...
by Samantha Hogan | November 9, 2020
Maine’s public defense agency operated without clear leadership and with few written policies that caused a cascade of problems with its finances and oversight of attorneys for the state’s poorest defendants, a scathing report released Monday by the...
by Samantha Hogan | November 4, 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. The head of Maine’s agency for defending the poor announced his...
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...
