Nicole Ogrysko
All Things Considered Host & News ReporterNicole got her start working the 4:00 am modern rock shift for her college radio station. Before joining Maine Public, she spent eight years covering the federal workforce for Federal News Network, an online and radio outlet based in Washington, D.C., where she lived before moving to Maine in 2020. Nicole graduated from Ithaca College with a journalism and politics degree. She grew up outside Baltimore, Maryland, and is (perhaps unfortunately) still an Orioles fan.
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The project is one of five approved recently through the state's "Home for Good" program by MaineHousing. Others are in Auburn, Augusta, Sanford and Portland. -
The ALICE, or Asset-Limited, Income Constrained, Employed, threshold measures the average income that a household needs to afford basic expenses such as housing, food, health care, transportation and child care. -
Thursday's filing from Maine comes three weeks after the U.S. Justice Department sued the state and claimed that the Maine Department of Education is violating Title IX by allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls' and women's sports. -
The Diocese of Portland said it's hopeful Pope Leo can serve as a bridge between Americans and Catholics around the world and people of other faiths. -
The city of Portland is suing the Maine Department of Health and Human Services over a shelter reimbursement rule that will cut millions of dollars in funding for the state's largest homeless shelter and others around Maine. -
At 380 feet, the building would be the tallest in Portland, and the tallest in the region outside of Boston. -
City councilors have said they need more time to review inclusionary zoning rules approved several years ago. Under those rules, developers must provide one unit of income-restricted rental housing for every 28 hotel rooms that are built in Portland or pay a fee. -
Maine attorneys say they're taking additional steps this year to affirm their commitment to the U.S. Constitution in light of attacks from the Trump administration. -
The Unity-based company Maine Switching Services said it wants to add passenger rail on Rockland branch but is still exploring its options. -
City councilors said Monday night they want more time to study parking and infrastructure questions associated with a proposed 3,300-person music venue for downtown Portland.
