The way the Trump administration has approached the Title IX probes in Maine has been unusual, legal experts told The Maine Monitor, citing both the speed and lack of procedure.
Patrick Horne
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Other states consider joining Maine in banning the spreading of sewage sludge
The battle over how to place guardrails on the practice is starting to play out in legislatures across the country.
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Medicaid faces threats at state and federal levels
‘There’s no room to absorb additional costs’ in Maine’s health care system, one health care executive says.
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Warming slows in Gulf of Maine but temperatures remain high
The ocean off New England is home to some of the country’s most valuable seafood species and is critical to the American lobster industry.
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Biden administration withdraws rules to protect endangered right whales from ship collisions
Conservation groups say the move will leave the North Atlantic right whale — which now numbers fewer than 380 — vulnerable to extinction.
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$635 million in federal grants to fund bridge work from Maine to Alaska
Maine will receive the most money – nearly $133 million for a dozen bridges along Interstate 95 and Interstate 295 – in the latest infusion from the $1.2 trillion infrastructure law President Biden signed in 2021.
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Coffee By Design closes India Street cafe in Portland
The coffee roaster now has just 1 location: its roastery, store and cafe on Diamond Street. As recently as early 2023, the company had 4 locations.
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Maine announces resource center to aid local opioid settlement spending
The attorney general’s office is putting nearly $2.5 million toward a hub that will offer assistance to Maine counties, cities and towns as they decide how to spend opioid settlement funds.
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Vermont police won’t charge Maine couple in case of dead baby in 1982
Vermont State Police worked with a DNA technology company to do genealogy analysis that led them the mother and father, who confirmed they were the parents.
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Former teacher arrested, accused of sexually assaulting student at Camden private school
A former female student of the Wayfinder School alleges that Clifford J. Barnes sexually assaulted her in 2013 and 2014.