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The bill is sponsored by six members of the Government Oversight Committee, which oversees investigations by the legislature's watchdog agency. While the agency used confidential records in its investigations of four child deaths that occurred in 2021, court rulings have found that members of the oversight committee don't have access to the same documents.

The records were provided to the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability to probe the deaths of four children in state care in 2021, but not legislative panel that oversees the agency. The court says that was by design.

Maine's legislative watchdog is set to review a potential lack of financial oversight over the state's system of providing legal services to the poor.The…

AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine lawmakers are asking the public to weigh in on a report calling for a new look at tax breaks for businesses in the state. The…

The Maine Legislature’s watchdog agency says it found no evidence that Republican Gov. Paul LePage diverted shipments of timber to punish two lumber mill…

The Legislature’s watchdog agency will be briefed Monday on the LePage administration's decision to divert wood that has been harvested on public lands…

For the second time in less than two months, the Legislature's Government Oversight Committee has voted to subpoena a high ranking official at the Maine…

For months the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability, or OPEGA, has been investigating Maine’s Department of Health and Human…

A report by the Legislature's watchdog agency confirms that a dramatic reduction in cash assistance to low income families over the past seven years was…

Gov. Paul LePage is crafting a bill that he says will improve Maine's child protection system.That’s according to state Commissioner of the Department of…