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 Rose Lundy | April 4, 2021
Demand for food assistance this winter remained high during the COVID-19 pandemic, but organizers say federal programs prevented hunger from increasing even more. The economic fallout from the pandemic, leading to hunger, continues to disproportionately hit the most...
by Samantha Hogan, Jordan Wolman and Rose Lundy | March 28, 2021
Republicans are gearing up to challenge Gov. Janet Mills’ emergency powers this week in a battle that some experts and former governors from both parties say is largely political. The State and Local Government Committee is scheduled on Monday to consider more...
by Rose Lundy | March 7, 2021
In February 2020, Margaret Downing read an article that terrified her. It predicted that a novel coronavirus spreading around the world would overwhelm U.S. healthcare systems, particularly those in small communities like her town of Yarmouth. “It was very obvious to...
