Kay Neufeld is a business reporter with the Portland Press Herald, covering labor, unions and Maine's workforce; lobstering, fisheries and the working waterfront. They also love telling stories that illustrate the vibrant culture that makes Maine and its Mainers so special. They previously worked at the Camden Herald, Franklin Journal and the Bangor Daily News, covering local communities. Kay grew up in New York and graduated from New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute in 2018. They spontaneously moved to Maine in 2020 after visiting on vacation, searching for housing on Craigslist in the middle of their trip and asking their mother to ship their belongings to the Midcoast. In their spare time, Kay loves taking their miniature dachshund on miniature hikes, passionately defending Beyoncé's artistry and playing the fiddle with friends.
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2024
Portland-based nonprofit has sent $5 million of medical supplies to Ukraine
Partners for World Health repurposes unused medical supplies that would otherwise be thrown away from New England health care facilities, manufacturers and individuals.
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2024
State judicial board seeks to disbar former gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler after child-porn conviction
Cutler, who was admitted to the Maine Bar in 1974, has not contested the recommendation. He was convicted in 2023 for possessing thousands of child pornography images on his computers.
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2024
White House announces plan to cancel $5.3 million in student loan debt for 700 Mainers
The average debt relief in Maine is roughly $7,600 under the program to clear $1.2 billion in loans for 153,000 borrowers nationwide.
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PublishedFebruary 22, 2024
Crypto company to pay state for violating security laws
Maine’s payout, part of a $3 million settlement being divided among 26 states, will go into the state’s Securities Restitution Assistance Fund for investors who have lost money because of securities violations.
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PublishedFebruary 22, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sues over Maine ban on collecting presidential nomination signatures at polls during primary
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said that doing so would violate state law, and the ban applies to all presidential candidates. Kennedy’s campaign claims the ban violates his constitutional rights.
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2024
Death of North Atlantic right whale illustrates difficulty of protecting the endangered mammals
Scientists tracked the worsening entanglement of North Atlantic right whale No. 5120 for over a year before the calf died in January with Maine rope wrapped around her. Could she have been saved?
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2024
Maine lobstering gear linked to right whale death for first time
Officials have not confirmed whether the Maine gear caused the death of the whale found dead in Massachusetts in January.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2024
Bill would set aside $50 million for Maine small businesses hurt by severe storms
They would be able to apply for one-time payments for state aid from the impacts of ‘severe weather-related events’ such as the storms that hit Maine in December and January.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2024
Lawmakers move to undo parts of Maine’s new automotive right to repair law
In a committee vote Tuesday, legislators passed a bill that would do away with a standardized platform that would store advanced repair data that manufacturers are now required to share.
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2024
January storms leave many working waterfronts in Maine adrift
Back-to-back natural disasters caused significant damage to Maine’s coastal infrastructure, leaving some wharf owners to wonder what it will take to rebuild and how they’ll pay for it.
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