The state’s flagship university announced it intends to raise tuition by 4% and cut more than $10 million from its budget but declined to provide details about what programs and positions are being axed.
Dylan Tusinski
Staff Writer
Dylan Tusinski is an investigative reporter with the Maine Trust for Local News quick strike team, where he focuses on telling the stories that impact Maine most through hard-hitting reporting, narrative storytelling and accountability journalism. His reporting ranges from government transparency and organized crime to housing policy and climate change. He previously worked for the Morning Sentinel in Waterville from 2023 to 2025, covering about a dozen communities in Kennebec and Somerset counties. He joined the Sentinel in 2023 after graduating from Colorado State University while double majoring in political science and journalism & media communications.
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Portland, South Portland police texted with immigration agent during surge operation in Maine
Records obtained by the Press Herald reveal how local officials communicated with a federal officer, including on the surveillance of protesters, when more than 200 arrests were made in late January.
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Why are schools in Boothbay receiving bulletproof backpacks?
School and police officials said the initiative to hand out some 100 ‘body shield bags’ is not in response to any specific safety threat.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Why has enforcement slowed against Maine’s Chinese marijuana grows?
Despite the Trump administration’s promises of a federal crackdown, Maine sheriffs say they are bearing the burden of investigating hundreds of grows run by transnational criminal groups.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Maine governments have spent less than 15% of their opioid settlement funds
Towns and counties across the state cumulatively have received nearly $22 million from the settlements. Just $3 million of that has been spent so far, according to data released this week.
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Suspect arrested in killing of Maine millionaire Robert Fuller Jr.
A worker at the assisted living facility in Maryland where the 87-year-old was fatally shot this month has been charged with murder.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
A Bangor doctor operated on the wrong foot. 7 years later, he did it again.
Acadia Foot & Ankle doctor Adam Darcy mistakenly performed surgery on a patient’s right foot instead of their left in 2024. He made the same mistake in 2017 and was sued over it.
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Maine could finally require mold, chemical testing for medical cannabis
The proposal to hold the state’s medical market to the same safety standards as its recreational counterpart reflects a reckoning for the industry, and the bill still faces significant opposition from the industry.
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The psychology behind Eliot Cutler’s repeated arrests
The disgraced former gubernatorial candidate, convicted of possessing child pornography, told police during his most recent arrest he ‘has had this problem for 65 years.’ Scholars doubt whether ‘porn addiction’ actually exists.
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Maine towns are using AI for policing, lawmaking and budgets. Safeguards are optional.
In the absence of state or federal regulations on artificial intelligence, local governments are deciding for themselves what safe and ethical use of the technology looks like.