Emily covers courts for the Press Herald. Before moving to Maine in March 2022, she spent nearly three years in West Virginia, reporting on the southern coalfields, local and state government for West Virginia Public Broadcasting and Mountain State Spotlight, a nonprofit newsroom. Hailing from the upper Midwest, Emily cut her teeth covering city government for the Grand Forks Herald in North Dakota and is a graduate of the University of Minnesota's Twin Cities campus. When she's not working, Emily's usually reading (and is always on the hunt for good book recommendations).
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PublishedApril 6, 2023
Father’s death spurs Yarmouth woman’s bid to change malpractice law
Robyn Byrnes says doctors misdiagnosed her father’s cancer, but she didn’t learn that until after the 3-year statute of limitations had expired. Now she’s advocating for a bill that would start the clock when the negligence is discovered.
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PublishedApril 5, 2023
Maine supreme court to decide on removal of time limit in church sex abuse cases
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland is asking the state’s highest court to determine whether a 2021 state law removing the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse claims is constitutional.
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PublishedApril 3, 2023
Mothers plan to appeal 2nd dismissal of wrongful death suit in teens’ killings
U.S. District Judge Jon Levy once again rules that Biddeford officers are not at fault for the 2012 murders of Derrick Thompson, 19, and Alivia Welch, 18, citing qualified immunity for police.
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PublishedApril 3, 2023
Woman faces murder, arson charges in deadly Caribou fire
Jason Donahue, 30, was found dead in January, a day after a fire destroyed an apartment building. The Maine Attorney General’s Office is now charging Susan Kochanowski, 34, in his death.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2023
Shalom House workers withdraw petition to form union
The workers were scheduled to vote in the coming weeks, but instead, staff at the Portland nonprofit withdrew the petition.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2023
Maine attorney general sues companies for promoting PFAS products
Two complaints allege that 3M and DuPont knew decades ago that forever chemicals were toxic but didn’t disclose that information to the public.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2023
Bangor school sues state officials over tuition reimbursement program
Crosspoint Church in Bangor says lawmakers changed the Maine Human Rights Act to circumvent a U.S. Supreme Court decision and prevent religious schools from receiving public money.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2023
Lawmakers consider raising salaries of sexual assault victim advocates
Sen. Jill Duson, D-Portland, said the bill would allow the state to raise what it pays victim advocates from $32,000 to $45,000 a year.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2023
People suing Maine diocese for childhood abuse ask judge to move ahead to trial
More than a dozen plaintiffs are opposing the church’s motion to forward the cases to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, a move that has put the cases, and the investigative process, on hold.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2023
Maine lawmakers consider $11.7 million in emergency funding for civil legal aid programs
Advocates say Maine’s civil legal aid providers are ‘numerous’ but ‘severely underfunded.’
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