A Florida probe questions the company’s unqualified teacher assignments and says it had inaccurate student rosters.
Colin Woodard
Colin Woodard is the Press Herald’s State and National Affairs Writer, and is often at work on large investigative projects. Born in Waterville and raised in western Maine, he was a foreign correspondent for two decades, reported from more than fifty countries on all seven continents, and witnessed the collapse of communism and its bloody aftermath in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. He’s written five books, including histories of Maine (The Lobster Coast), North America’s rival regional cultures (American Nations) and the Golden Age Pirates (Republic of Pirates), which was turned into a quickly forgotten NBC mini-series starring John Malkovich as Blackbeard. Since joining the Press Herald in 2012, he’s won a George Polk Award and was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting. He used to be an avid sailor and SCUBA diver, but with small kids at home, his hobbies now include sleeping and picking up toys.
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Maine official: I was harassed for not shredding public documents
A CDC division director says she was assaulted by senior managers for refusing to shred documents that showed funding-awards corruption.
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Maine alewives begin a legislative run
The Marine Resources Committee unanimously supports the fish’s return to much of the St. Croix River.
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Alewives’ passage in St. Croix hinges on passage of bills in Augusta
Over diminishing concerns of freshwater fishermen, the Legislature is considering three bills which would allow varying degrees of passage to alewives in the St. Croix watershed.
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Is Maine ready for climate changes?
Democratic lawmakers may restart planning for predicted effects like storms and floods that was halted by the LePage administration.
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Questioned for conflict, Maine-linked firm ends lobbying
The Florida foundation tied to Jeb Bush has influenced Gov. Paul LePage’s education agenda.
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State official: Laptop official’s handling of emails violated policy
Maine’s public access advocate says Jeff Mao’s ‘credibility has suffered’ over failure to back up documents on state networks.
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LePage to host Florida education reformers
The conference will highlight controversial concepts developed by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
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Proposed Bangor charter school linked to Turkish imam
But Maine’s commission rejected the Bangor plan over financial issues, its chairwoman says.
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Rival measures would restore alewives into the St. Croix
Gov. Paul LePage’s administration would move cautiously. A competing proposal would open river dams immediately.