Erin Rhoda
Editor at Bangor Daily News
Maine Focus editor for the Bangor Daily News, runner, traveler, daughter of a farmer, poet, hiker.
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1 week ago |
wgme.com | Erin Rhoda
A federal judge has reversed his previous decision and will now let a Maine businessman convicted of defrauding the government work for himself to manage rental properties again, granting the man a reprieve halfway through his supervised release.
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4 weeks ago |
bangordailynews.com | Erin Rhoda
A York County educational program for abusive men has reopened under new leadership after being shuttered for a year and a half. While the program was closed, advocates and a prosecutor told the Bangor Daily News that their options were limited for rehabilitating men convicted of one of Maine’s most rampant crimes. The difficulty of keeping such a program open reflected a wider statewide struggle to fund domestic violence intervention programs, advocates said.
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1 month ago |
bangordailynews.com | Erin Rhoda |Callie Ferguson
Oxford County commissioners allowed a local deputy to resign on Thursday after he was arrested for violating a protection from abuse order that prohibited him from carrying firearms. His resignation ended a five-month leave of absence from the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office that began when the no-contact order was issued against him, during which the deputy continued to collect a paycheck.
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2 months ago |
bangordailynews.com | Callie Ferguson |Erin Rhoda
At 10:50 a.m. on Feb. 25, an official with the U.S. Department of Agriculture emailed an employee at the University of Maine in Orono with a list of 10 yes-or-no questions. The university was being investigated for its compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender female athletes from competing in women’s sports, and the federal official needed more information about the school’s policies. Millions in federal funds were at risk for non-compliance, the USDA warned.
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2 months ago |
propublica.org | Callie Ferguson |Erin Rhoda |Jennifer Smith Richards |Jodi S. Cohen
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. After an exchange between Maine’s governor and President Donald Trump over transgender girls competing in girls’ sports, several federal agencies launched investigations. A federal agency investigating the University of Maine System has not yet issued any findings.
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Just 11 Maine police departments met the deadline in March 2022 to adopt rules for how they will divert the homeless away from the criminal justice system. At least 16 still haven't done it, @sawyerloftus18 discovered. https://t.co/rpmRUikfos
For the Reagans, meaningful investment in the upkeep of their apartment didn’t come until after they moved out — after the son had lived in the apartment for more than two years. An important read by @sawyerloftus18 @bangordailynews https://t.co/s1fOM89jXX
It took nine months and multiple requests for me to get the records I needed for this investigation in part because the county didn't know about the sheriff's deal #journalism @bangordailynews https://t.co/ICYucNkV2I