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Troy Jackson owed $4,600 in back income taxes during his run for governor

By: Sawyer Loftus

Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, the Democrat on track to face U.S. Sen. Susan Collins in November, had to pay $4,600 in late state income taxes last year.

The Maine Monitor/Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting

Troy Jackson owed $4,600 in back income taxes last year

By: Sawyer Loftus

The stumble surfaced just as Jackson prepares to run one of the most closely watched Senate campaigns in the country.

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Exclusive: Troy Jackson punched a man and pushed his partner in 1988, police report says

By: Sawyer Loftus

Lana Pelletier, the U.S. Senate candidate's partner of 40 years, now denies telling police that Jackson pushed her after a fight.

The Maine Monitor/Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting

Troy Jackson punched a man and pushed his partner in 1988, police report says

By: Sawyer Loftus

Lana Pelletier, the U.S. Senate candidate's partner of 40 years, now denies telling police that Jackson pushed her after a fight.

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What 3 educators told us about the problems facing Maine schools

By: Sawyer Loftus

The Bangor Daily News will spend the coming months examining the public education system as part of a new, ongoing project to cover what it's like to be a kid growing up in Maine.

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Police checks on Susan Collins' home spike with high-profile Senate votes

By: Sawyer Loftus

Police have checked on Sen. Susan Collins' home more than 500 times since a 2018 vote to confirm Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S.

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Maine schools still teach reading in ways that aren’t proven to work

By: Sawyer Loftus

The findings offer some of the first hard evidence for something long suspected in Maine schools: reading instruction quality varies widely by district.

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Read Educate Maine's report on Maine's reading gaps

By: Sawyer Loftus

The Bangor Daily News will spend the coming months examining the public education system as part of a new, ongoing project to cover what it's like to be a kid growing up in Maine.

The Maine Monitor/Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting

Maine schools still teach reading in ways that aren't proven to work

By: Sawyer Loftus

The findings offer some of the first hard evidence for something long suspected in Maine schools: reading instruction quality varies widely by district.

BDN

Rick Bennett vows to fix Maine's reading crisis. His rivals aren't as specific.

By: Sawyer Loftus

One candidate for governor has a detailed plan to change how Maine teaches reading. One has goals without specifics. One has not engaged with the question at all.