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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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A new national study concludes that PFAS chemicals are getting into pesticides in a variety of ways- as active and inert ingredients, but also leaching from containers and other unknown sources.
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MOFGA argues that the EPA failed to regulate the spread of sludge under the Clean Water Act, which directs the agency to identify pollutants in biosolids every two years.
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For the first time in five years, the University of Southern Maine expects to finish this fiscal year with a positive budget balance — without using reserve or outside funding.
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Skechers is suing L.L. Bean for patent infringement, accusing the Freeport-based retailer of copying a heel design in one of its slip-on shoes.
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Maine State Police have identified the man killed in Cushing last week as 45-year-old Kyle MacDougall of Waldoboro.
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The owner of three dams in the Bucksport area wants to give up ownership of the dams.
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A North Berwick man pleaded guilty to bank fraud this week in federal court after applying for $215,000 in Paycheck Protection Program loans.
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The University of Maine at Augusta heard from businesses in the aviation industry that there is a serious lack of technicians to hire.
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The EPA announced the new guidelines, adding five PFAS chemicals to its "contaminants to monitor for advisories" list, and seven to its "contaminants to monitor to watch" list.
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Friends of Acadia has announced a new campaign to build workforce housing for Acadia National Park's seasonal staff.