• Published

  January 6, 2019

  Young immigrants make headlines after inauguration performance

  Natalia Mbadu wanted to hug Maine’s new governor, but she was afraid she would be tackled by guards if she tried. So Natalia was surprised when Janet Mills wrapped her arms around her and her classmate Shy Paca when they finished their performance of the pop song “Girl on Fire” by Alicia Keys at Wednesday’s […]

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  December 21, 2018
  

  State official won’t be held in contempt for keeping mentally ill man in jail

  A judge in Cumberland County has dismissed a motion to hold the acting Maine Department of Health and Human Services commissioner in contempt of court. Defense attorney Sarah Branch filed the motion while her client was waiting for weeks for a transfer from a jail cell to a state mental health treatment facility. She argued the man’s […]

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  December 12, 2018
  

  Maine's high court upholds huge fine against Portland landlord

  Maine’s top court has upheld a decision to fine a Portland landlord more than a half-million dollars for life safety and building code violations. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled that Sulan Chau forfeited her arguments against the fine when she did not show up for her January trial in the lower District Court. The justices […]