Politicians on oversight panel can't see confidential records used to investigate child deaths

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Politicians on oversight panel can't see confidential records used to investigate child deaths | Maine Public (Maine Monitor context: Federal audit finds Maine’s child welfare agency failed to follow its own policies)

Maine's nature-based shoreline rules face pushback | Maine Public (Maine Monitor context: The sea is rising, and so is the angst for coastal homeowners)

North Yarmouth widower sues J&J for $25M over talcum powder | Portland Press Herald

Experts fear ‘worst case scenario’ as more Maine police departments adopt AI | Bangor Daily News

This tiny midcoast bakery was named one of the country’s best by the New York Times | Bangor Daily News

Waterville to welcome scores of apartments starting in 2025 | Portland Press Herald

Public reprimand sought for Maine high court justice who didn’t recuse herself | Portland Press Herald (Maine Monitor context: ‘A recusal issue inside a recusal issue’: An ethics inquiry puts the Maine Supreme Court in uncharted territory)

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