{
  "U1": {
    "id": "U1",
    "title": "Fraudulent Unemployment Claims Information for Employers",
    "publisher": "Maine Department of Labor",
    "date": "2020-05-29",
    "kind": "State bulletin",
    "url": "https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MEDOL/bulletins/28e209e",
    "locator": "Opening notice: benefit hold and restored initial-claim processing time.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": ""
  },
  "U2": {
    "id": "U2",
    "title": "Uptick in fraudulent applications slows Maine unemployment claims",
    "publisher": "Bangor Daily News",
    "date": "2020-05-26",
    "kind": "Reporting",
    "url": "https://www.bangordailynews.com/2020/05/26/news/maine-to-process-unemployment-claims-slower-amid-uptick-in-fraudulent-applications/",
    "locator": "Agency explanation of the hold and identity-fraud context.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": "A contemporaneous report; not a measure of today’s claims processing."
  },
  "U3": {
    "id": "U3",
    "title": "State and Federal Officials Urge Mainers to Report Unemployment Fraud",
    "publisher": "U.S. Department of Justice, District of Maine",
    "date": "2020-05-26",
    "kind": "Federal statement",
    "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-me/pr/state-and-federal-officials-urge-mainers-report-unemployment-fraud",
    "locator": "Task force and agency countermeasures.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": ""
  },
  "U4": {
    "id": "U4",
    "title": "Mainers still awaiting unemployment face more complicated problems and new delays",
    "publisher": "Bangor Daily News",
    "date": "2020-05-30",
    "kind": "Reporting",
    "url": "https://www.bangordailynews.com/2020/05/30/business/mainers-still-awaiting-unemployment-face-more-complicated-problems-and-new-delays/",
    "locator": "Claimant experience and unresolved processing problems.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": "Individual accounts illustrate experience; they are not a representative survey."
  },
  "C1": {
    "id": "C1",
    "title": "Maine Did Not Comply With Screening, Assessment, and Investigation Requirements for Responding to Reports of Child Abuse and Neglect",
    "publisher": "HHS Office of Inspector General",
    "date": "2024-11-07",
    "kind": "Federal audit + tracker",
    "url": "https://oig.hhs.gov/reports/all/2024/maine-did-not-comply-with-screening-assessment-and-investigation-requirements-for-responding-to-reports-of-child-abuse-and-neglect/",
    "locator": "Findings; Recommendation Details, all five entries.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": "Live tracker inspected September 20, 2026: all five recommendations shown as Closed Implemented."
  },
  "C2": {
    "id": "C2",
    "title": "Child-protection audit A-01-23-02500 — full report",
    "publisher": "HHS Office of Inspector General",
    "date": "2024-11-07",
    "kind": "Federal audit PDF",
    "url": "https://oig.hhs.gov/documents/audit/10044/A-01-23-02500.pdf",
    "locator": "Audit scope and methodology; findings; Appendix E, Maine’s response.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": "Audit period: October 1, 2021–September 30, 2022; 100 sampled reports. See the original for statistical methods."
  },
  "C3": {
    "id": "C3",
    "title": "Federal audit: Maine failed to meet requirements in response to reports of child abuse and neglect",
    "publisher": "Maine Public · Patty Wight",
    "date": "2024-11-14",
    "kind": "Reporting",
    "url": "https://www.mainepublic.org/health/2024-11-14/federal-audit-maine-failed-to-meet-requirements-in-response-to-reports-of-child-abuse-and-neglect",
    "locator": "Audit coverage, explanation of timeliness, and DHHS response.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": ""
  },
  "B1": {
    "id": "B1",
    "title": "U.S. v. Maine — case documents and history",
    "publisher": "U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division",
    "date": "Updated 2024-11-26",
    "kind": "Federal case record",
    "url": "https://www.justice.gov/crt/case/state-maine",
    "locator": "June 22, 2022 findings; September 9, 2024 complaint; November 25, 2024 settlement.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": "Investigative findings, litigation allegations and a settlement are distinct procedural events."
  },
  "B2": {
    "id": "B2",
    "title": "U.S. v. Maine — settlement agreement",
    "publisher": "U.S. Department of Justice",
    "date": "2024-11-25",
    "kind": "Settlement PDF",
    "url": "https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1378291/dl",
    "locator": "Community services, implementation, monitoring and oversight provisions.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": ""
  },
  "B3": {
    "id": "B3",
    "title": "The Children’s Behavioral Health Settlement Agreement",
    "publisher": "Maine DHHS",
    "date": "Updated 2026-07-10",
    "kind": "State implementation record",
    "url": "https://www1.maine.gov/dhhs/obh/support-services/childrens-behavioral-health/settlement-agreement",
    "locator": "Implementation plans, first-quarter 2026 update, modifications and deadline table.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": "The page reports phased implementation. It is not a final independent compliance determination."
  },
  "B4": {
    "id": "B4",
    "title": "Federal judge rejects request to change children’s behavioral health settlement agreement",
    "publisher": "Maine Public",
    "date": "2025-12-07",
    "kind": "Reporting",
    "url": "https://www.mainepublic.org/health/2025-12-07/federal-judge-rejects-request-to-change-childrens-behavioral-health-settlement-agreement",
    "locator": "Report on the joint request by Maine and the U.S. Justice Department and the judge’s response.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": ""
  },
  "B5": {
    "id": "B5",
    "title": "Governor Mills Announces Settlement of U.S. DOJ Lawsuit",
    "publisher": "Office of the Governor",
    "date": "2024-11-26",
    "kind": "State response",
    "url": "https://www1.maine.gov/governor/mills/news/governor-mills-announces-settlement-us-doj-lawsuit-2024-11-26",
    "locator": "Maine’s explanation of the settlement and service investments.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": ""
  },
  "D1": {
    "id": "D1",
    "title": "Order after phase-one trial, Robbins v. State of Maine",
    "publisher": "Kennebec County Superior Court · copy hosted by ACLU of Maine",
    "date": "2025-03-07",
    "kind": "Court order PDF",
    "url": "https://www.aclumaine.org/app/uploads/drupal/sites/default/files/field_documents/7_march_2025_robbins_order_after_phase_one_trial.pdf",
    "locator": "Trial-court findings and ordered relief.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": "Historical order; subsequent appeal and stay must be read with it. Host is a party to the litigation."
  },
  "D2": {
    "id": "D2",
    "title": "Court rules state fails to meet its obligation to provide counsel for indigent defendants",
    "publisher": "Maine Public",
    "date": "2025-03-10",
    "kind": "Reporting",
    "url": "https://www.mainepublic.org/news/2025-03-10/court-rules-state-fails-to-meet-its-obligation-to-provide-counsel-for-indigent-defendants",
    "locator": "Reporting on the March 2025 ruling.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": ""
  },
  "D3": {
    "id": "D3",
    "title": "Robbins v. State of Maine — Right to Counsel",
    "publisher": "ACLU of Maine",
    "date": "Case chronology through January 2026 hearing notice",
    "kind": "Litigant case chronology",
    "url": "https://www.aclumaine.org/cases/robbinsvmaine/",
    "locator": "March 7 ruling; June 20, 2025 stay; appeals.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": "Advocacy-party source, not a neutral docket or assurance of the latest appellate disposition."
  },
  "J1": {
    "id": "J1",
    "title": "The State of the Judiciary — address to the Maine Legislature",
    "publisher": "Maine Judicial Branch · Chief Justice Valerie Stanfill",
    "date": "2026-02-12",
    "kind": "Judicial Branch report PDF",
    "url": "https://www.courts.maine.gov/courts/sjc/soj/soj-2026.pdf",
    "locator": "Printed pages 9–10: backlog, processing and cases without appointed counsel.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": "An institutional report, not an external audit. Its figures are a February snapshot, not a live dashboard."
  },
  "J2": {
    "id": "J2",
    "title": "Maine chief justice says improvements still needed for indigent defendant lawyers",
    "publisher": "Bangor Daily News · Maine Public",
    "date": "2026-02-13",
    "kind": "Reporting",
    "url": "https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/02/13/state/state-police-courts/maine-chief-justice-improvements-needed-indigent-defendant-lawyers/",
    "locator": "Coverage of the 2026 judiciary address.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": ""
  },
  "J3": {
    "id": "J3",
    "title": "Maine’s chief justice says more must be done to address the state’s backlog in the courts",
    "publisher": "Maine Public",
    "date": "2025-02-25",
    "kind": "Reporting",
    "url": "https://www.mainepublic.org/courts-and-crime/2025-02-25/maines-chief-justice-says-more-must-be-done-to-address-the-states-backlog-in-the-courts",
    "locator": "Earlier backlog report, for dated comparison.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": ""
  },
  "L1": {
    "id": "L1",
    "title": "Independent Commission to Investigate the Facts of the Tragedy in Lewiston",
    "publisher": "Maine Independent Commission",
    "date": "Final report issued 2024-08-20",
    "kind": "Commission record",
    "url": "https://www.maine.gov/icl/",
    "locator": "Reports → final report; public hearings and testimony links.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": "The report link’s direct download was not retrievable in this research environment. The commission index and reporting were reviewed."
  },
  "L2": {
    "id": "L2",
    "title": "Lewiston shooting commission presents final report",
    "publisher": "Maine Public",
    "date": "2024-08-20; updated 2025-04-14",
    "kind": "Reporting",
    "url": "https://www.mainepublic.org/2024-08-20/watch-live-lewiston-shooting-commission-presents-final-report",
    "locator": "Commission conclusions and the distinction between the shooter’s responsibility and missed interventions.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": ""
  },
  "L3": {
    "id": "L3",
    "title": "Police and military failures preceded Lewiston mass shooting, final report finds",
    "publisher": "Bangor Daily News",
    "date": "2024-08-20",
    "kind": "Reporting",
    "url": "https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/08/20/politics/state-politics/lewiston-maine-mass-shooting-final-report-police-military-failures/",
    "locator": "Commission findings and differing assessment in a sheriff-commissioned review.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": ""
  },
  "L4": {
    "id": "L4",
    "title": "Governor Mills Responds to Independent Commission’s Final Report",
    "publisher": "Office of the Governor",
    "date": "2024-09-06",
    "kind": "State response",
    "url": "https://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/news/governor-mills-responds-independent-commissions-final-report-2024-09-06",
    "locator": "Administration response and proposed or described follow-up.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": "Announcements and recommendations do not themselves prove every corrective step was completed."
  },
  "M1": {
    "id": "M1",
    "title": "State of Maine Impacted by Global MOVEit Security Incident",
    "publisher": "Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services",
    "date": "2023-11-09",
    "kind": "State breach disclosure",
    "url": "https://www.maine.gov/dafs/news/state-maine-impacted-global-moveit-security-incident",
    "locator": "Incident dates, scope and response.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": ""
  },
  "M2": {
    "id": "M2",
    "title": "State of Maine — data breach notification filing",
    "publisher": "Maine Attorney General breach registry",
    "date": "2023-11-09 notification",
    "kind": "State registry filing",
    "url": "https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/28acf6fd-b31d-427f-9988-1edb8ee5fda2.shtml",
    "locator": "Total affected and Maine-resident fields.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": "Indexed record reviewed; direct opening returned HTTP 403 in this research environment. State disclosure and independent reporting provide alternate reading routes."
  },
  "M3": {
    "id": "M3",
    "title": "Data breach affected 1.3 million people, Maine says",
    "publisher": "Bangor Daily News · Associated Press",
    "date": "2023-11-09",
    "kind": "Reporting",
    "url": "https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/11/09/news/data-breach-1-3-million-people-maine/",
    "locator": "Independent coverage of the state disclosure.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": ""
  },
  "P1": {
    "id": "P1",
    "title": "PFAS and Maine DEP",
    "publisher": "Maine Department of Environmental Protection",
    "date": "Mixed dated sections: 2021–2025",
    "kind": "State investigation record",
    "url": "https://www.maine.gov/dep/spills/topics/pfas/maine-pfas.html",
    "locator": "Overview of licensed land-application sites; investigation status; dated tables.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": "Not every section has a current date. Historical completion percentages are not presented here as September 2026 measurements."
  },
  "P2": {
    "id": "P2",
    "title": "PFAS Response",
    "publisher": "Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry",
    "date": "Ongoing resource; inspected 2026-09-20",
    "kind": "State response",
    "url": "https://www.maine.gov/dacf/ag/pfas/pfas-response.shtml",
    "locator": "Agricultural testing, response and links to assistance.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": ""
  },
  "P3": {
    "id": "P3",
    "title": "State officials report progress, challenges identifying PFAS on farms as testing continues",
    "publisher": "Maine Public",
    "date": "2025-01-22",
    "kind": "Reporting",
    "url": "https://www.mainepublic.org/health/2025-01-22/state-officials-report-progress-challenges-identifying-pfas-on-farms-as-testing-continues",
    "locator": "Corrected farm count, continued operations, closures and state testing.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": "The report corrected a prior 111-farm count to 82. These are January 2025 figures, not current totals."
  },
  "H1": {
    "id": "H1",
    "title": "Mills Administration Announces New Statewide Data Showing Maine Exceeded Housing Production Goal in 2025",
    "publisher": "Office of the Governor",
    "date": "2026-06-26",
    "kind": "State housing data statement",
    "url": "https://www3.maine.gov/governor/mills/news/mills-administration-announces-new-statewide-data-showing-maine-exceeded-housing-production",
    "locator": "2025 permit estimate, 2024 targets and links to the Housing Production Needs Study.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": "Permits are not completed or occupied homes; estimate includes extrapolation from responding municipalities."
  },
  "H2": {
    "id": "H2",
    "title": "Maine needs at least 84,000 new homes within seven years, study says",
    "publisher": "Maine Public",
    "date": "2023-10-04",
    "kind": "Reporting",
    "url": "https://www.mainepublic.org/business-and-economy/2023-10-04/maine-needs-at-least-84-000-new-homes-within-seven-years-study-says",
    "locator": "Coverage of the state housing-production study.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": "Use the study’s range and time horizon, not this headline as a count of households currently without homes."
  },
  "H3": {
    "id": "H3",
    "title": "Report: Maine needs to double housing production to meet 2030 needs",
    "publisher": "Bangor Daily News",
    "date": "2023-10-04",
    "kind": "Reporting",
    "url": "https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/10/04/politics/report-maine-needs-double-housing-2030-joam40zk0w/",
    "locator": "Study range: 76,400–84,300 additional homes by 2030; historic underproduction plus growth.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": ""
  },
  "H4": {
    "id": "H4",
    "title": "Finding affordable homes to own or rent is top challenge for Mainers, report says",
    "publisher": "Maine Public",
    "date": "2026-01-12",
    "kind": "Reporting",
    "url": "https://www.mainepublic.org/business-and-economy/2026-01-12/finding-affordable-homes-to-own-or-rent-is-top-challenge-for-mainers-report-says",
    "locator": "Affordability and production context.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": ""
  },
  "A1": {
    "id": "A1",
    "title": "Maine Made at Least $45.6 Million in Improper Fee-for-Service Medicaid Payments for RCS Services Provided to Children Diagnosed With Autism",
    "publisher": "HHS Office of Inspector General",
    "date": "2026-01-22",
    "kind": "Federal audit + tracker",
    "url": "https://oig.hhs.gov/reports/all/2026/maine-made-at-least-456-million-in-improper-fee-for-service-medicaid-payments-for-rehabilitative-and-community-support-services-provided-to-children-diagnosed-with-autism/",
    "locator": "Findings, recommendations and Maine’s response; live recommendation tracker.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": "All four recommendations displayed Open Unimplemented on September 20, 2026; next update expected November 19, 2026."
  },
  "A2": {
    "id": "A2",
    "title": "RCS Medicaid audit A-01-24-00006 — full report",
    "publisher": "HHS Office of Inspector General",
    "date": "2026-01-22",
    "kind": "Federal audit PDF",
    "url": "https://oig.hhs.gov/documents/audit/11447/A-01-24-00006.pdf",
    "locator": "2023 payment period, sample, documentation findings, estimates and Maine’s response.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": "Improper payments are not synonymous with criminal fraud or proof that no service was delivered."
  },
  "A3": {
    "id": "A3",
    "title": "HHS-OIG Audit Finds Maine Made at Least $45.6 Million in Improper Medicaid Payments for Autism Services",
    "publisher": "HHS Office of Inspector General",
    "date": "2026-01-22",
    "kind": "Federal audit statement",
    "url": "https://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/news-releases-articles/hhs-oig-audit-finds-maine-made-at-least-456-million-in-improper-medicaid-payments-for-autism-services/",
    "locator": "Audit announcement; see full report for qualifications.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": ""
  },
  "A4": {
    "id": "A4",
    "title": "Maine made improper payments for autism services, federal audit finds",
    "publisher": "Bangor Daily News · Portland Press Herald",
    "date": "2026-01-23",
    "kind": "Reporting",
    "url": "https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/01/23/politics/state-politics/maine-improper-payments-autism-services-federal-audit/",
    "locator": "Independent coverage of the audit and reimbursement issues.",
    "accessed": "2026-09-20",
    "note": ""
  }
}