2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (223+ words) Maine’s fourth graders now rank 44th in the nation in reading, down from second in 1992 — one of the steepest declines of any state in the country. A new report from the nonprofit Educate Maine, shared exclusively with the Bangor Daily News…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (541+ words) Washington County could be hit hardest by Medicaid cuts going into effect in January, according to data The Maine Monitor received from the state under a public records request. All told, the measure is estimated to cut Medicaid spending nationally…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (645+ words) Preliminary counts for enrollment across Maine’s seven public universities and law school show that student enrollment could exceed 28,000 this school year, continuing an upward trend in enrollment driven by online learners. Officials said the preliminary head count, which happens before…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1312+ words) In late May, a woman called Sanford police for help with a domestic dispute involving her ex-husband. He had threatened to harm himself and their son, and had machine guns and handguns in his home. The officer told her to…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (834+ words) The University of Maine System, which oversees the state’s public universities, will now accept credentials that high schoolers earn through the long-time Jobs for Maine Graduates program as course credits. University officials see the move as a way to boost…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1669+ words) AUGUSTA — The Maine Library Commission voted Wednesday to require libraries to employ designated paid directors in order to receive Maine State Library services, including interlibrary loan programs and internet access. Commissioners took the vote during a daylong workshop held as…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1063+ words) The fish die-off that followed a Penobscot River dam shutdown in July rallied calls for stiffer regulations on the dam’s owner, which has been accused of repeatedly disrupting the water levels at a nationally renowned fishing and whitewater rafting destination....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1263+ words) Wendy Brennan agreed to participate in a study examining how arsenic exposure can affect children’s cognitive development primarily because her young daughter wanted the free T-shirt. It was 2009, and the family had lived on their property in the small Kennebec…...