Penobscot County secretly deciding how to spend millions

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

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Maine Capitol Police chief accused of assaulting Hallowell police officer | WMTW

Maine Republicans shrug at Trump’s latest jab at Susan Collins | Bangor Daily News

More than a dozen arrested by Border Patrol during traffic stop near Skowhegan | WMTW

Penobscot County is secretly deciding how to spend millions in opioid settlement funds | Bangor Daily News (Maine Monitor context: Counties and municipalities have spent about $7 million of their opioid settlement funds so far)

Jason Cherry announces 2026 gubernatorial bid | News Center Maine

For one Maine credit union, 35% of mortgages in 2025 were new homebuyers | News Center Maine

Maine State Chamber of Commerce hopeful a trade deal with Canada can still be made | Maine Public

How wildfire smoke affects fishing in Maine | Bangor Daily News

Rare yellow lobster caught in Maine off coast of Vinalhaven | WMTW

Beech leaf disease has hit all 16 Maine counties. What does it mean? | Sun Journal

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Maine Monitor reporter Yasmeen Khan appeared on News Center Maine today to talk about how Maine’s tight rental market is keeping domestic violence survivors in shelters longer. Watch the appearance.

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