Patty Wight
News Reporter and HostPatty is a graduate of the University of Vermont and a multiple award-winning reporter for Maine Public Radio. Her specialty is health coverage: from policy stories to patient stories, physical health to mental health and anything in between. Patty joined Maine Public Radio in 2012 after producing stories as a freelancer for NPR programs such as Morning Edition and All Things Considered. She got hooked on radio at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine, and hasn’t looked back ever since.
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Maine's largest nonprofit provider of HIV services shares concern over possible federal funding cutsThe Trump administration is reportedly considering the cuts as it examines restructuring the government. -
The state is facing a $118 million MaineCare deficit, and state lawmakers have repeatedly failed to pass a supplemental budget with a two-thirds majority to immediately fill the gap. -
Pingree is co-leading a group of more than 80 U.S. lawmakers who are demanding answers after the agency canceled two programs that supported local farms, food banks, and children. -
The audit will focus on six legislative races from last year that were within a 5% margin of victory. -
Shah will teach courses in public health and crisis communications, and will also help Colby design and implement a full public health curriculum. -
Chief Charles Rumsey said a resident was tricked into withdrawing more than $100,000 to exchange for gold bars, then handing the money over to a courier for safe keeping. -
Dr. James Jarvis, the Association's president-elect, said the resolution is in response to concerns about the erosion of support for public health at the federal level.
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Libby alleges House Speaker Ryan Fecteau and other democrats violated her First and Fourteenth Amendment rights by barring her from speaking or voting on the House floor. -
The AG's office said that Mainers who have commercial insurance or who are uninsured will be able to buy monthly supplies of Sanofi insulin products for $35 through 2029. -
The proposed budget would resolve a deficit in the MaineCare program. If it doesn't get enough votes to go into effect immediately, the state will reduce MaineCare payments by 30%.
