Kaitlyn Budion
News ReporterKaitlyn Budion is Maine Public’s Bangor correspondent, joining the reporting team after several years working in print journalism.
After growing up in Minnesota, Kaitlyn moved to Boston to attend college at Northeastern University, where she studied journalism. In Boston she reported for Somerville Media Center, the Massachusetts State House News Service, News@Northeastern, the GroundTruth Project and more. She moved to Maine in 2021, reporting for the Morning Sentinel, where she covered local government and PFAS contamination in central Maine.
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Maine residents can now renew their REAL ID online, instead of having to go in person to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. -
A new report from the non-profit 'Heart of Ellsworth' and several conservation groups finds significant economic benefits to modifying operations at two dams on the Union River.
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A Belfast conservation group has purchased the site of the proposed Nordic Aquafarms salmon farm, according to a press release.
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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner said the tentative deal to reopen the federal government is a disaster, and will have real consequences for working people. -
The Maine Human Rights Commission says it's still unclear how it will be impacted by federal policy changes to protections for sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Washington County officials are considering what to do about the county's $8 million debt after voters rejected a bond referendum this week. -
Voters in Washington County appear to have rejected a bond referendum to fund an emergency budget shortfall.
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The Maine Human Rights Commission this week sided with a former employee who has accused the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland of age discrimination.
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Municipalities across Maine are testing new forms of artificial intelligence, and that's raising questions about what kinds of data local officials have access to, and how they're using it.
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The Needlepoint Sanctuary syringe program will reopen following a vote by the Bangor city council to approve a zoning change.
