The high number of clients awaiting lawyers has hardly budged, despite a huge investment by the state in a brand-new public ...

There is an ongoing legal and budget battle over the rights of people charged with crimes in Maine who can't afford a lawyer.

Janet Mills defended her proposed budget cuts and ... citizen should have to navigate what can be a complex and confusing court procedure by themselves, especially in the middle of already ...

Janet Mills made history in 2022 when she signed ... former prosecutors and civil attorneys can more easily take court-appointed cases, even if they’ve never practiced criminal defense.

Janet Mills signed a bill into law enabling ... a big part of the problem is the number and types of cases prosecutors are sending to court. “The state faces no consequences for continuing ...

Maine Gov. Janet Mills used her annual State of the Budget speech Tuesday night to call on lawmakers from both parties to resist the urge to score political points during what promise to be difficult ...

Gov. Janet Mills made history in 2022 when she signed a bill authorizing the state to hire its first set of public defenders. Mills said in a speech Tuesday that she has helped quadruple the state's ...

Maine Gov. Janet Mills used her annual State of the Budget speech Tuesday night to call on lawmakers from both parties to resist the urge to score political points during what promises to be ...