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PublishedFebruary 28, 2025
Superior court justice nominated to Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Gov. Janet Mills announced the nomination of Julia Lipez several days after Maine's chief justice highlighted vacancies in the judicial branch.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2025
America’s first Black lawyer started in Maine. His only known portrait has been missing for decades.
Macon Bolling Allen went on to become the nation's first African American judge and was a partner at the first Black-led firm in South Carolina.
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2025
Trump administration terminates Maine’s U.S. attorney
Darcie McElwee, a Caribou native, had served as Maine's lead prosecutor in the U.S. District Court since 2021.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2025
Frey, 12 other state attorneys general pledge lawsuit challenging Musk’s Treasury access
Thirteen attorneys general, including Maine's Aaron Frey, announce their intention to file a lawsuit aimed at keeping Elon Musk and his team from having access to national payment systems.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2025
Maine bar suspends law license for New Hampshire judge facing criminal charges
Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi, a supreme court justice in New Hampshire, was also licensed to practice law in Maine.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2025
How a Maine court ruling on child sex abuse claims compares with the rest of the country
A battle is being waged across states about whether 'retroactive laws' reviving expired claims under previous statutes of limitations are constitutional.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2025
Gov. Mills doubles down on urging Maine’s public defense agency to relax rules
The Maine Commission on Public Defense Services says it needs more money than what the governor has offered to address a 'constitutional crisis' in Maine courts. Mills says the agency needs to change its rules first.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2025
Maine religious schools ask appeals court to halt state’s anti-discrimination rules
Crosspoint Church in Bangor and St. Dominic Academy in Auburn asked the federal court in Boston to stop a Maine law that prevents some private religious schools from receiving public funds.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2024
Teenager accused of Waldo County killing to be tried as an adult, high court rules
Atilio Delgado was about to turn 17 when he was charged with murder in the shooting death of 49-year-old James Cluney in 2022.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2024
Back in court after escape attempt, Fairfield man gets 10-year prison sentence for assault of child
Nicholas Carter, 31, was sentenced to 20 years in prison, with all but 10 years suspended in lieu of probation, after he was convicted earlier this month of aggravated assault.
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