The Maine Monitor
Facts are important. Our nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization ensures that Maine's state government and institutions are held accountable. Our dedicated team of investigative journalists utilizes documents, data, and tough interviews to create impactful stories.
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1 week ago |
themainemonitor.org | Julia Tilton
Editor’s Note: The following first appeared in The Maine Monitor’s free environmental newsletter, Climate Monitor, that is delivered to inboxes every Friday morning. Sign up for the free newsletter to stay informed of Maine environmental news. A few weeks ago, I wrote about what goes into the organic food label. But I left out an important category: seaweed. Species like kelp and rockweed, which grow off Maine’s coast, are used in a variety of foods, crop fertilizers, and even skincare.
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2 weeks ago |
themainemonitor.org | Josh Keefe
The legislature’s judiciary committee defied a warning from the chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Wednesday, pressing ahead with efforts to examine how the judicial branch handles ethics complaints against its judges. In a work session on, the committee considered how to address what one lawmaker called a “gap” in the judicial branch’s system for disciplining high court justices. But the legislators’ options appeared limited.
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2 weeks ago |
themainemonitor.org | Emmett Gartner
Editor’s Note: The following first appeared in The Maine Monitor’s free environmental newsletter, Climate Monitor, that is delivered to inboxes every Friday morning. Sign up for the free newsletter to stay informed of Maine environmental news. Two bills that would strengthen Maine’s lax dam safety regulations and replenish a long-depleted loan program for municipal dam repairs cleared their first hurdle when lawmakers voted them out of committee earlier this month.
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2 weeks ago |
themainemonitor.org | Rose Lundy
Editor’s Note: The following story first appeared in The Maine Monitor’s free health care newsletter, Health Monitor, that is delivered to inboxes every other Thursday. Sign up for the free newsletter to stay informed of Maine health care news. Lawmakers have scrapped proposed increased staffing ratios for assisted living and residential care facilities, replacing the measure instead with reporting requirements and a stakeholder study group.
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3 weeks ago |
themainemonitor.org | Callie Ferguson
This story appears as part of a collaboration between The Maine Monitor and Maine Focus, the investigative team of the Bangor Daily News, a partnership to strengthen investigative journalism in Maine. Read more about the partnership. The sun had just begun to rise over the Maine Turnpike when Trooper James Anstett noticed a black Chrysler minivan with Massachusetts plates going too fast and staying too long in the left lane. He decided to pull the van over.
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