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Author Archives: Daniel O'Connor

Daniel O'Connor joined the Bangor Daily News and the Maine Monitor in 2025 as a rural government reporter through Report For America. He is based in Augusta, graduated from Seton Hall University in 2023 and received a master's degree from Columbia Journalism School in 2025.

Posted inState

How the government shutdown is affecting federal workers across Maine

Avatar photo by Daniel O'Connor October 4, 2025October 4, 2025
Posted inGovernment

Washington County takes $11M borrowing plan to skeptical public

Avatar photo by Daniel O'Connor October 1, 2025October 4, 2025
Posted inState

Nobody cares about this elected position in Maine until things go wrong

Avatar photo by Daniel O'Connor September 29, 2025September 29, 2025
Posted inState

Superintendent quits after rural Maine school board axes transgender protections

Avatar photo by Daniel O'Connor September 22, 2025September 22, 2025
Posted inGovernment

Police investigate Maine school official’s altercation with conservative activist

Avatar photo by Daniel O'Connor September 18, 2025September 18, 2025
Posted inGovernment

Washington County’s former treasurer inappropriately moved money, officials say

Avatar photo by Daniel O'Connor September 18, 2025September 18, 2025
Posted inGovernment

What happens if Washington County runs out of money?

Avatar photo by Daniel O'Connor September 15, 2025September 15, 2025
Posted inGovernment

‘We’re screwed’: Washington County officials face outcry over proposed 40% budget hike

Avatar photo by Daniel O'Connor September 12, 2025
Posted inGovernment

Washington County’s treasurer steps down in the middle of a budget crisis

Avatar photo by Daniel O'Connor September 9, 2025September 11, 2025
Posted inState

A small Maine town’s broadband network is up. Now it needs more customers.

Avatar photo by Daniel O'Connor September 9, 2025September 9, 2025
Posted inElections

What Janet Mills and Graham Platner talked about on Labor Day

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Michael Shepherd and Daniel O'Connor September 8, 2025September 8, 2025
Posted inState

Maine towns are experimenting with AI without policies to govern its use

Avatar photo by Daniel O'Connor September 8, 2025September 9, 2025
Posted inState

Washington County asks voters to borrow $11M to cover years of budget mismanagement

Avatar photo by Daniel O'Connor September 4, 2025September 4, 2025
Posted inState

2 years after its government collapsed, a remote Maine community is still digging out

Avatar photo by Daniel O'Connor September 2, 2025
Posted inGovernment

Missing documents and foggy memories spark Waldo County spending debate

Avatar photo by Daniel O'Connor August 26, 2025August 26, 2025
Posted inGovernment

After 2 school budget failures, a Maine town offers voters only a small cut

Avatar photo by Daniel O'Connor August 21, 2025
Posted inHousing

Angst over Maine’s high property taxes hampers efforts to make them fairer

Avatar photo by Daniel O'Connor August 18, 2025August 19, 2025
Posted inElections

Small Maine town rejects school budget that rose over special education costs

Avatar photo by Daniel O'Connor August 13, 2025August 13, 2025
Posted inState

Here are the dozen Maine school districts that still don’t have budgets

Avatar photo by Daniel O'Connor August 9, 2025August 29, 2025
Posted inState

School boards disregard their lawyers to rebel against Maine’s transgender policies

Avatar photo by Daniel O'Connor August 8, 2025August 8, 2025

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