A newly proposed voter suppression referendum, if implemented, could make voting more challenging for older Mainers, rural ...

Ben Chin and Esther Pew are back for the first podcast episode of 2025! The hosts discuss two petitions — regarding voting rights and a red flag law — that will potentially be on the 2025 ballot. " I' ...

When I sat down with my editor at the end of 2024 to chat about writing for the Beacon in 2025, she asked me what I care ...

A lack of reliable transportation for some women veterans in Maine is preventing them from getting the services they need.

Author: Josh Keefe of The Maine Monitor. Josh Keefe is a government accountability reporter for The Maine Monitor with a ...

In 2023 the Maine Department of Education received $9 million dollars in funding through the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act for schools to improve access to mental healthcare for students. Two years ...

Many of us who follow politics know that New England has over the last several presidential elections been something of a Democratic stronghold. Since Pres. Bill Clinton’s victory in 1992 (and with ...

Members of Maine’s immigrant community led a rally on Aug. 16 calling for updates to the Registry Act for Immigration Reform. The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday a new rule ...

The Lewiston school district received $248,644 in annual funding for five years aimed at increasing mental health services for students. Photo by Adrienne Washington. In 2023 the Maine Department of ...

The Trump administration could cut Medicaid, a program critical to vulnerable populations in Maine. The incoming administration of President-Elect Trump and his allies in Congress have begun ...

This week on the podcast, we are revisiting Deputy Director Ben Chin’s interview with author and community organizer George Goehl. The two discusses Goehl’s book “The Fundamentals of Community ...

Many of us who follow politics know that New England has over the last several presidential elections been something of a Democratic stronghold. Since Pres. Bill Clinton’s victory in 1992 (and with ...