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' ...

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

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 ...

Medical debt will no longer appear on credit reports, according to a new rule the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized on Tuesday. The ruling is set to remove $49 billion in medical ...

Josh Keefe is a government accountability reporter for The Maine Monitor with a focus on Maine’s child welfare system and indigent defense system. Previously, he worked as an investigative reporter ...

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