Maine may mandate timelines to speed up criminal trials
The potential changes come as Maine courts have struggled with a backlog of cases and a shortage of attorneys for low-income adults.
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The potential changes come as Maine courts have struggled with a backlog of cases and a shortage of attorneys for low-income adults.
Reporting by the Maine Sunday Telegram pierced through city-wide noise in Portland with a corrective focus on people and personal accounts.
Maine voters could face a ballot question on whether to adopt the 1909 state flag, also known as the Pine Tree Flag.
The Maine legislature has a massive list of bills in funding purgatory.
A bill that would expand the scope of Maine’s criminal code for assaults against an emergency care provider passed easily in both chambers last week but advocates say there is still more to be done to protect health care workers. Maine law currently...