This week on the podcast, Ben, Cate and Channa dig into Sen. Susan Collins' latest string of controversial votes — from confirming far-right conspiracy theorist Joe Kent and former Fox News host ...

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is shutting down after more than five decades, and U.S. Sen. Susan Collins had the chance to stop it. The agency announced its closure following the ...

Author: Yasmeen Khan for The Maine Monitor. Yasmeen Khan is a Fitzgerald Fellow at The Maine Monitor and a rising senior at ...

This week on the podcast, Cate and Ben interview Jordan Wood — a Democrat who is looking to unseat Sen. Susan Collins. Before ...

Republican members of the Senate Appropriations Committee rejected an amendment yesterday prohibiting Pres. Donald Trump from ...

A low-income housing development in Portland. A tight rental market is one of the driving forces behind slowing turnover rates in domestic violence shelters. Photo by Yasmeen Khan. Johnnie Walker, ...

I offer some hope this week to Municipal progressive elected officials who are despairing about how the horrible new ...

Although Sen. Susan Collins ultimately voted “no” on the Republican budget bill that passed on July 4, 2025 — a vote many ...

Maine farmers are benefiting from free climate risk assessments as federal funds for conservation efforts decline. Warming ...

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows says she won’t hand over Maine’s voter registration list to the U.S. Department of ...

Maine Sen. Susan Collins joined nearly every Senate Republican Wednesday in voting to confirm Joe Kent, a far-right ...

Central Maine Power and Versant once again ranked last in J.D. Power's survey of residential customer satisfaction, continuing a trend of poor results by the companies in the annual study amid an ...