Transitioning an older loved one into a nursing home or assisted living facility is difficult, especially when you're trying to figure out whether a facility will be safe and meet their needs.| The Maine Monitor
Southern Baptist churches are being established in Maine as faith leaders see the lack of a historical foothold as an opportunity for growth.| The Maine Monitor
Advocates complain defendants are being denied lawyers or assigned attorneys who aren’t up to the job.| The Maine Monitor
Angelina Dube Peterson is indigent and unable to afford to hire her own lawyer. She waited for weeks in jail to be assigned an attorney.| The Maine Monitor
The underfunded system negatively affects attorneys and indigent defendants, according to Maine's civil rights advisory committee.| The Maine Monitor
Potential over-billing by lawyers representing Maine's poor has some questioning the financial oversight of the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services.| The Maine Monitor
Two large solar projects in Maine have reportedly already been put on hold in anticipation of the bill’s passage.| The Maine Monitor
Maine’s current renewable energy policies saved ratepayers $21.5 million between 2011 and 2022, according to testimony from the state.| The Maine Monitor
Roughly 50 religious leaders and advocates testified on bills restricting bathroom use and participation in women’s sports this spring.| The Maine Monitor
Advocates and developers warn that the law threatens to put Maine’s growing renewable energy sector on ice.| The Maine Monitor
Heat extremes are expected to become more common as the climate warms, according to experts.| The Maine Monitor
“It’s still, by far, our biggest lifesaver with regards to two-lane, rural, head-on collisions.”| The Maine Monitor
Maine is the only state without a public defender system. Legal help for the poor is left to private attorneys and an office that doesn't supervise them.| The Maine Monitor
Four of the five nursing homes that closed in Maine this fall had big increases in contracted staff hours leading up to the pandemic.| The Maine Monitor
An OPEGA report found MCILS lacks established financial policies to meet constitutional obligations to provide high-quality representation to Maine's poor.| The Maine Monitor
Maine's indigent defendants wait longer for lawyers in an overburdened indigent defense system.| The Maine Monitor
The director of Maine's indigent legal services system cautions that five people are not enough to solve the systemic problems.| The Maine Monitor
Although Maine nearly meets proposed federal staffing standards, concerns persist over nursing home workforce shortages, potential closures.| The Maine Monitor
The use of contract nurses and assistants in Maine has soared since 2017 as administrators scramble for solutions.| The Maine Monitor
After an initial decline, the rate of antipsychotic medications given to nursing home residents in Maine has risen in recent years.| The Maine Monitor
Long term care advocates, providers and industry leaders urged Maine lawmakers to provide additional funding to prevent nursing home closures.| The Maine Monitor
The proposed regulations come after The Maine Monitor and ProPublica found dozens of violations at the state’s largest facilities.| The Maine Monitor
The state is updating regulations for residential care and assisted living facilities that would increase staffing requirements.| The Maine Monitor
Maine officials may ask lawyers to stop accepting new assignments from the courts, after finding that 11 lawyers each have more than 301 open cases.| The Maine Monitor
A planned letter will ask lawmakers to convene a special session to raise lawyer pay to $150 an hour amid record attorney shortage.| The Maine Monitor
Justice Michaela Murphy says proposed agreement in ACLU’s lawsuit would not be “judicially enforceable."| The Maine Monitor
Maine's system of providing defense lawyers to indigent clients has "deteriorated significantly," according to a Superior Court Justice.| The Maine Monitor
Frustrated by a lack of progress, 'last resort' lawsuit alleges a state commission violates defendants' constitutional rights.| The Maine Monitor
The state is planning to implement an updated payment system on Jan. 1. Facilities still don’t have estimates of what their rates will be.| The Maine Monitor
The state’s chief judge for superior courts says courts are unable to find a defense lawyer with "disturbing frequency" for the state's poor.| The Maine Monitor
The proposed expansion would cost $8.8 million and hire more than three dozen public defenders across Maine.| The Maine Monitor
Maine's public defense agency reports only 224 attorneys are accepting assignments to new criminal and child protection cases from courts.| The Maine Monitor
The disappearance of nursing home beds is sending thousands to “nonmedical” residences that aren’t equipped to handle more intensive health needs.| The Maine Monitor