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 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 John Blodgett | July 8, 2020
Bruce Poliquin, the former congressman from Maine, said he was asked by state and national Republican leaders to try and reclaim his seat from first-term Democratic representative Jared Golden in what would have been a rematch of their 2018 race. He declined. Then...
by Katie Brown | May 19, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic ripples across the world, the solar energy industry faces a threat in the shadows. The New England Ratepayers Association (NERA) recently introduced a petition to change the industry’s regulatory structures and reduce the amount of money...
