Sawyer Loftus

This story will be updated. Experts who examined portions of Maine mass shooter Robert Card II's brain said they found “significant evidence of trauma” that could help explain why Card killed 18 people.

The school department did not identify the staff member, say where the person works within the school district or disclose what caused the investigation.

Maine has set a goal to ensure all 4 year olds can attend public prekindergarten by the fall of 2026, but it may not meet that target unless the state's school funding formula changes to encourage wider adoption, agreed educators, a policy analyst, state officials and a legislative commission.

Vine Street School started full-day prekindergarten in 2021, and already the students are turning out to be high-achieving learners.

As the number of chronically absent students persists in Bangor, the school department is focusing on establishing better, more meaningful relationships with its students.

A man convicted of defrauding the federal government has won an appeal of his sentence's condition that he not employ himself, meaning the restriction will get a second look.

A new eviction prevention program fails to protect some of Maine's most vulnerable residents from homelessness.

For those who are evicted from public housing in Maine, experts say the consequence “is almost certainly homelessness.”

A new eviction prevention program fails to protect some of Maine’s most vulnerable residents from homelessness.

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