Enterprise Stories

Recent Portland Press Herald investigative stories selected by Angie Muhs, managing editor.

1. Welfare in Maine

   By John Richardson; October 17-19, 2010

   • Welfare in Maine (summary)
   • Candidates tackle welfare: States assistance programs face a political reality check
   • Facts or myths: Maine's welfare system in action
   • From welfare to work: For many Mainers there's no free lunch
   • Welfare: Well meaning, well funded, well done?

2. The Dechaine Case

   By Trevor Maxwell; July 4,11,25 2010

   • The Dechaine Case (summary)
   • The Dechaine Case: What I sensed... was relief
   • Can a trace of DNA change this man's fate?
   • Did Dennis Dechaine kill Sarah Cherry?
3. Mainers in Afghanistan: a series of 13 stories

   By Bill Nemitz; June 6-30, 2010

4. Sugarloaf Chairlift Derailment

   By Tom Bell; 12/29/10 - 01/04/11

5. Medical marijuana: How Maine is facing the challenge implementing the law

   By John Richardson, Stephanie Hardiman; October 19, 2010

   • Medical marijuana: How Maine is facing the challenge implementing the law
   • Taking pot out of the shadows
   • Dispensaries may also aid some Maine budget woes
   • California dispensaries' effect crime elicits mixed bag of reviews
   • Medical pot a shot in the arm for grow shops
   • Maine's first dance with Mary Jane