by Susan Cover | April 18, 2019 | Education
Education bill targets Maine's 'blunder of all blunders' In the wake of the state's botched proficiency-based learning experiment, legislators tackle a new proposal that spells out core requirements for receiving a high school diploma. AUGUSTA — Calling the...
by Marina Schauffler | April 11, 2019 | Environment
State Rep. Chloe Maxmin (D-Nobleboro) says she proposed a Green New Deal bill for Maine after hearing so many of her district's residents express concern for how climate change will affect their daily lives. LD 1282 is designed to expedite Maine’s transition to...
by Susan Cover | March 14, 2019 | Education
New Commissioner Pender Makin, who earned a reputation as a "kid whisperer" for her work as a principal at The REAL School on Mackworth Island and honors as Maine High School Principal of the Year in 2013, says her Education Department will be responsive to students,...
by Jordan Bailey | March 1, 2019 | Crime, Politics
Foster Bates, 51, has filed four appeals in the years since his conviction in 2002 for the 1994 rape and murder of Tammy Dickson of South Portland. A Superior Court judge is reviewing his latest appeal, and a bill in Augusta would eliminate one obstacle to having new...
by Marina Schauffler | February 14, 2019 | Environment
As is the case all over the country, electric utilities in Maine are increasingly being confronted with problems that could potentially be solved through innovative renewable energy solutions. But "there’s a whole cultural shift that would have to occur" for that to...
by Susan Cover | January 31, 2019 | Environment, Money, Transparency
Nordic Aquafarms is planning to build a land-based salmon farm on about 40 acres in Belfast, off Route 1 near the Northport town line. Image courtesy of Nordic Aquafarms. No let up in fight against salmon farm As it awaits approvals and opponents amp up efforts, a...
