Caitlin Andrews, The Maine Monitor, Author at Bangor Daily News

A Mainer with terminal cancer meticulously planned her death. This is how she lived.

by Caitlin Andrews, The Maine Monitor February 19, 2023February 19, 2023

Karen Wentworth believed people should control their own deaths. Facing terminal cancer, she lived to define her own ending.

Only 18 percent of Maine nursing home staff have the updated COVID booster, compared with 22 percent nationally.

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Maine nursing home staff are slow to get latest COVID booster

by Caitlin Andrews, The Maine Monitor January 12, 2023January 12, 2023

Get ready for 2023’s bruising referendum campaigns

by Caitlin Andrews, The Maine Monitor January 9, 2023January 9, 2023

Maine hospitals see lower readmission penalties after regulators relax certain metrics during the pandemic

by Caitlin Andrews, The Maine Monitor December 26, 2022December 26, 2022

Maine’s political leadership is becoming more diverse

by Caitlin Andrews, The Maine Monitor December 7, 2022December 7, 2022

Walgreens paid $68,000 in fines after state finds it failed to meet staffing requirements, records show

by Caitlin Andrews, The Maine Monitor November 30, 2022December 1, 2022

Internal emails show how officials mobilized to respond quickly when Republicans began targeting the online LGBTQ lesson for schoolchildren.

Mills administration removed LGBTQ lesson as Republicans went on the attack

by Caitlin Andrews, The Maine Monitor November 28, 2022November 28, 2022

Good Party is using Maine as a testing ground to see if its model succeeds before expanding it to independents in other states.

Start-up company wants to elevate Maine’s independent candidates

by Caitlin Andrews, The Maine Monitor October 24, 2022October 25, 2022

Planned Parenthood’s political action committee in Maine has spent $836,059 this year in independent expenditures.

Planned Parenthood spends likely record amounts on Maine elections

by Caitlin Andrews, The Maine Monitor October 24, 2022October 25, 2022

Maine's purple towns with traditionally tight presidential races and many independent voters could be deciding factors come November.

Maine’s purple towns are the places to watch in this gubernatorial election

by Caitlin Andrews, The Maine Monitor October 17, 2022October 17, 2022

Janet Mills and Paul LePage encountered tough economic times during their first terms. But they took different approaches to addressing them.

How Janet Mills and Paul LePage met economic challenges

by Caitlin Andrews, The Maine Monitor October 10, 2022October 10, 2022