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The monument honors the Augusta-born former chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, who was part of the majority in the Plessy v. Ferguson decision that maintained racial segregation with the ‘separate but equal’ doctrine.
A pilot program rewarding corrections officers at the Kennebec County jail for good attendance with $100 gas cards to preserve staffing levels at the correctional facility and curb forced overtime will continue for three more months.
Kennebec County commissioners on Tuesday endorsed a list of 39 projects to be supported by Kennebec County's $23.7 million share of American Rescue Plan Act funds that will support child care, housing and health programs as well as sewer, water and construction projects, among others.
A controversial statue of Supreme Court Chief Justice was removed from the Kennebec County Courthouse in Augusta without notice.