Senate Democrats on Monday passed a bill designed to give communities more input and control over whether charter schools should be approved, but the measure still faces hurdles.
Eric Russell
Staff Writer
Eric Russell has been a general assignment reporter at the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram since 2012 and has been a journalist in Maine since 2004. Because he doesn’t have a specific geographic or topical area to cover, Eric often is free to roam the state in pursuit of the most interesting stories, whether it’s tackling the big topic of the day or chasing ideas that fall just outside the boundaries of everyday news. His favorite assignments are ones where he can leave the office and meet with people in their homes or their workplaces to talk about their struggles and challenges – and sometimes their triumphs. Or to try and answer complicated questions.
Eric grew up in Southern Maine, went to college at the University of Maine and worked in Bangor for eight years before joining the Press Herald. He lives in Brunswick with his wife, a school teacher, and two daughters.
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King says he didn’t know full scope of NSA Internet, phone snooping
U.S. Sen. Angus King, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Friday that he was aware of the government’s collection of Internet data and phone records in a broad sense, but did not know the specifics of the two programs that were revealed this week.
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State House politics turn nasty and personal
Gov. Paul LePage’s May 23 press event to veto MaineCare expansion, and trump Democrats’ similar event to trumpet its passage, shows how the opposing sides in Augusta would rather talk past each other than sit in a room away from the cameras and find compromise.
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LePage sounds off about freedom of speech during Wednesday meeting with press
Gov. Paul LePage held a press conference Wednesday, taking the opportunity to further express his anger at being silenced during a recent Appropriations Committee meeting and annoyance over the TV debacle at his office last week.
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LePage irate about ‘stifling’ of his words
‘We might as well go home, roll up our sleeves and get our guns out,’ the governor says.
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Find triggers memory of Maine war tragedy
A local man recalls the 1943 crash that killed two British pilots in training – and has debris that fell from the sky.
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Fugitive rapist found in Maine is punished
Gary Alan Irving, who fled after his 1979 conviction in Massachusetts, gets up to 40 years for his crimes.
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Murder suspect ‘so normal,’ but had past arrests
In June 2012, Dube led police on a 130 mile-per-hour high-speed chase on I-95 north of Bangor, and was about to go to prison.
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Marine seeks Katahdin memorial for Maine’s fallen
Maj. David Cote hopes to honor the 46 Mainers who have died in the war on terror with engraved rocks atop the state’s tallest mountain.
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Maine Turnpike toll hike pays off
Six months in, revenue has increased by 16 percent even though traffic has dropped by 4 percent.