Horn says her office will provide the ‘connective tissue’ local governments need as they work on making communities more ...

Advocates said they would like to see legislation that helps address the shortage of health care workers, among other things.

A game plan for confronting climate change-fueled floods emerged by the confluence of the Kennebec and Sandy rivers.

Between 28 and 57 percent of the state’s coastal marshes could disappear by the end of the century, victims of a rising sea, ...

Towns are working together and eyeing new resilience projects. They’re looking to the state to help them pay for them.

Finding housing as a blue-collar worker on Mount Desert Island was tough in 2009. In the intervening years, it has become ...

Citing reimbursement shortfalls, two of the three agencies in the state that pair people with in-home nursing care are no longer accepting new clients under the Section 96 MaineCare program.

During a long investigation on residential care facilities, and many days spent poring over records, talking to people who ...

Fochesato mentioned working with cancer survivors who had difficulty getting to and from their medical appointments — some ...

One of the most important lessons I’ve learned reporting on addiction is to lead with empathy and understanding.

If you’ve been following recycling in Maine, these numbers won’t surprise you. As The Monitor reported in January, between ...

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