Head of public defender service stepping down

$Tight rental market keeps domestic violence survivors in shelters longer. Advocates said they could meet only a fraction of the demand for emergency housing, with only 14 percent of eligible clients receiving shelter statewide. Read this story by Yasmeen Khan of The Maine Monitor.$

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Piscataquis County Jail meets deadline to address health and safety deficiencies | Maine Public

Maine towns halt burn permits Saturday amid high fire risk warnings | News Center Maine

Minor earthquake shakes Hancock County | WGME

Head of Maine's public defender service stepping down in October | Maine Public

Here are the dozen Maine school districts that still don’t have budgets | Bangor Daily News & The Maine Monitor

What to know about Portland’s upcoming votes on a proposed Live Nation venue | Portland Press Herald

Are AI data centers influencing electricity costs in Maine? | Portland Press Herald

Seeing more bats in Maine? Here’s why. | Sun Journal

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