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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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. -
Houlton will remove controversial surveillance cameras and delete data from them as part of a settlement agreement approved by councilors.
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Operators of the Juniper Ridge Landfill in Old Town are moving forward with plans to treat the landfill leachate for PFAS, but advocates say its not a justification for expanding the facility. -
County officials said after years of poor accounting practices, it's the only way to pay off the county's debt and keep critical operations running. -
Bangor International Airport is continuing to see a rise in passenger numbers this year, including a 25% increase in travelers flying out of Bangor this summer. -
Nurses from across Maine gathered in Augusta today to highlight concerns about understaffing and workplace violence against nurses.
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The Maine Commission on Public Defense Services has announced its new executive director, Frayla Tarpinian, who will lead the effort to address the major backlog of indigent criminal cases. -
Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor fared through a peak weekend for tourism with the park open, but many facilities inside it unstaffed.
