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Lewiston, Maine, theGrio.com
October 28, 2023
Gun violence prevention groups are calling for Congress to do more following the latest mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine earlier…
Bath Irons Works Maine racial discrimination lawsuit
September 8, 2023
A Black welder from Maine has filed a federal racial discrimination and harassment lawsuit against his former employer, Bath Iron…
February 22, 2023
The winner of a $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot has come forward to collect the prize, state officials said Wednesday.
January 14, 2023
The jackpot was the second largest in Mega Millions history and the fourth time the game has had a billion-dollar…
December 8, 2022
The Maine House of Representatives elected Democrat Rachel Talbot Ross, a Black lawmaker from Portland, as speaker on Wednesday.
November 5, 2022
A federal jury has awarded $3 million to David Ako-Annan who said he was fired from Northern Light Eastern Maine…
June 11, 2022
Local district attorney races have gained attention because those offices are often at the center of debates over law enforcement…
May 12, 2022
The return of masking in schools, particularly in the Northeast, is not nearly as widespread as earlier in the pandemic.
May 9, 2022
HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge described it as a doubling down on a proven method of easing the pandemic's financial damage.
prison thegrio.com
May 8, 2022
A post-pandemic glut of delayed cases has exposed shocking constitutional landmines impacting defendants and crime victims.
May 6, 2022
District Court Judge Rick Lawrence made history this week when he became the first Black justice of the Maine Supreme…
April 9, 2022
Judge Rick Lawrence is in line to become the first African American to serve on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
March 8, 2022
Gov. Janet Mills has sent four nominees to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court since taking office in 2019, all unanimously…
February 5, 2022
Bryan told stories of Black life in acclaimed works like “Freedom Over Me,” “Beautiful Blackbird” and “Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum.”
January 30, 2022
Gusty winds and falling temperatures plunged the East Coast into a deep freeze as people dig out after a powerful…
Mayor Deqa Dhalac
December 8, 2021
The city of South Portland in Maine, which is 90% white, elected Deqa Dhalac as its first Somali mayor on…
Portland New Church thegrio.com
September 29, 2021
Police believe a fire that damaged a Portland church early Sunday morning might be racially motivated arson.
June 16, 2021
Maine is one of the latest states to honor Juneteenth by making it an official state holiday, starting in 2022.
June 16, 2021
Dana Rohrabacher was Orange County's longest-serving representative, dubbed "Putin's favorite Congress member" by his many critics.
May 9, 2021
Large vaccination clinics are beginning to slow down and close in Maine, but businesses aim to incentivize more vaccinations.