The Republican governor wants the Maine Supreme Judicial Court to overturn a Superior Court judge’s decision that the Democratic attorney general did not exceed her authority when she joined a California lawsuit over Trump immigration policies.
Megan Gray
Staff Writer
Megan Gray is an arts and culture reporter at the Portland Press Herald. A Midwest native, she moved to Maine in 2016. She has written about presidential politics and local government, jury trials and jails. Her current beat is her favorite yet, and she loves the stories that take her to behind the scenes to an artist studio or theater backstage. Outside of work, she likes to explore Maine’s hiking trails and coastal islands with her husband, and she definitely wants to pet your dog.
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Sahrbeck faces Gale for Cumberland County DA office
A prosecutor and a criminal defense attorney are vying for the job on the November ballot.
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Portland man, 77, who helped run Maine’s biggest gambling operation avoids prison
A judge gives William Flynn only probation and home confinement because of his age, health and responsibilities as a caregiver, but says Flynn has ‘much to atone for.’
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For Maine women in confirmation protest, the fight was personal
They traveled to Washington to oppose a controversial appointment to the Supreme Court, determined to tell their own stories and discover the power in being heard.
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Longtime Auburn attorney suspended 9 months for ethics violations
Justice Donald Alexander of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court found that Jeffrey P. White violated multiple ethics rules in the last five years.
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Sexual assault survivors from Maine converge on Capitol Hill to appeal to Collins
The women travel to D.C. by bus and plane to share their experiences in the hope of influencing the senator’s critical vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
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Mainers bound for D.C. in bid to meet with Sen. Collins have a common story: ‘I’m a survivor’
The group boards a bus hoping to tell Maine’s Republican senator about experiences of sexual violence and persuade her to vote against Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
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York County jury finds Lyman man guilty in boat crash
Matthew Campbell was convicted on four counts of reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon for his role in a boat accident on Wadleigh Pond in July 2017.
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Lawsuit settlement will allow Maine prison inmate to get medication for opioid addiction
‘Withholding needed treatment actually undermines our chances of keeping people off of opiates,’ says Zachary Heiden, legal director for the ACLU of Maine.
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Victim, driver identified in fatal South Portland crash
Police say Patrick Donaghue, 20, of Wilton died and William Blanchard, 18, of Gorham was driving.