What is happening with arrests, detentions and deportations in Maine—how is it impacting immigrant communities, and what legal questions are being raised?

Matthew Clancy, who has headed the Capitol Police since 2021, was arrested in Hallowell after an incident involving a member of the town police department.

About 100 people marched through downtown in opposition to President Trump's aggressive immigrant enforcement.

The First Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a Maine mother who alleged the Damariscotta school district concealed her child's attempted gender transition from the family.

The states are concerned that the data will be used for mass deportations.

The police department says the Department of Homeland Security had verified the officer's employment eligibility.

The organization argues the practice violates Maine's law against the torture of animals.

Following their arraignment, The Maine Coalition for Palestine held a full day of protests across the city.

A former locomotive engineer said he was nearly impaled during a derailment that occurred in Piscataquis County three years ago. He blames the railroad for ordering freight train operators to run the locomotive between Brownville Junction and Herman after a heavy rain storm.

Private attorneys assigned to defendants who can't afford an attorney take on about 40% of federal cases, but they stopped getting paid July 3 because of systemwide funding shortfall. Public defender offices around the country say that could create a backlog of cases and infringe on defendants' constitutional right to a speedy trial.