Mainers increasingly risk losing their housing at a time when shelters are strained and experts say nearly half the state's tenants are paying too much for rent.
A solicitation of briefs from Maine’s highest court has legal aid providers worried that long-standing rulings protecting the poor from repeat foreclosure attempts could be upended amid the housing crisis. For 25 years, Maine’s legal precedent has.
Even before more than 200,000 adults became eligible for MaineCare's dental benefits this summer, the state was experiencing a dearth of professionals to provide them.