Former Bowdoin College trustee James “Jes” Staley exchanged more than 1,000 emails with late sex-trafficker and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, including some with sexual content and photos of young women, according to newly unredacted portions of a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase & Co. filed in federal court. Staley is a Bowdoin alum who has lived […]
Lana Cohen
Staff Writer
Lana covers education for the Portland Press Herald. She joins the Press Herald from VTDigger, where she covered Chittenden County, Vermont’s population center. Previously she was a Report for America fellow in Mendocino County, covering environmental news for a digital outlet and a public radio station. She also reported on the environment for digital news outlet, WhoWhatWhy. In her spare time Lana enjoys hiking with her Goldendoodle, Rigby, running, surfing and baking.
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Maine public school enrollment makes small rebound
The increase for a second year in a row followed years of steady decline and a significant drop at the beginning of the pandemic.
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National group threatens lawsuit against Maine school district over gender policy
The Goldwater Institute says the Damariscotta-area district is guilty of violating parental rights because it did not tell a student’s mother that her child wanted to be identified as a boy instead of a girl.
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In gender clash, Maine schools caught between parents, kids
The handling of gender identity at public schools has emerged as a new front in the culture war, pitting children’s privacy against some parents who fear educators are cutting them out of key conversations.
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UMaine Orono dips into reserves amid declining enrollment
The UMaine System board allows the state’s flagship university to pull $5.7 million from savings to help close a $17 million budget gap.
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Maine Republican Party elects Joel Stetkis as new chair
The former assistant House minority leader wins 57 out of 83 votes Saturday.
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Low-key Portland support group pulled into national culture war
An affinity group for Portland school employees of color had been free from controversy until a Virginia-based conservative group lodged a federal discrimination complaint.
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From south to north, Maine’s lack of snow puts winter activities on hold
Snowfall has been sparse for most of the state, and above average temperatures and rainfall are keeping it that way.
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Can a severe ice storm like the one in 1998 happen again?
Climate change creates the potential for more ice storms in Maine, but scientists don’t know if there will be more extreme icing events like the one that struck Maine 25 years ago.
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Maine’s child protection system failed to recognize risks to children, report says
The Maine Child Welfare Services Ombudsman’s annual report cites ‘substantial issues’ with more than half of the child welfare cases reviewed and a ‘downward trend in child welfare practice.’