By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff The state is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Bangor Daily News and other publications over delayed access to documents in the judicial branch’s new e-filing system.

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By Judy Harrison Bangor Daily News Staff There are 10,000 more criminal cases awaiting a resolution in Maine than there were a year ago, but the increase has been most pronounced in Penobscot and Piscataquis counties.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff The Maine court system will make civil complaints available immediately through its new electronic case filing system beginning March 15 after being sued in federal court by the Bangor Daily News, a national legal news service and other Maine publications in a lawsuit over the accessibility to documents.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff The Paris Select Board has passed a resolution opposing the statewide mandate for violating the Americans With Disabilities Act.

By Matthew Stone, Bangor Daily News Staff Six staff members at the Penobscot County Jail have tested positive for COVID-19, though no inmates have tested positive so far, Sheriff Troy Morton said Tuesday.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff The use of an alternative sentencing program designed to keep Mainers out of jail has increased, but it still accounts for less than 5 percent of cases in the county that used it most often, according to a recent study.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff The Bangor Daily News has joined a national legal news service and other Maine publications in a lawsuit over the accessibility of civil matters in the Maine court system’s recently implemented e-filing program.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff A weekslong controversy over an anti-mask resolution that roiled the Androscoggin County Commission came to end on Wednesday evening when commissioners rejected it.

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By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff An Androscoggin County commissioner targeted for recall is now escalating a fight over the statewide mask mandate with a new resolution to ban county officials from enforcing it.

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By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Three Androscoggin County commissioners are being targeted for recall over a resolution challenging Gov.

By Rosemary Lausier, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey sent letters to commissioners in Piscataquis and Androscoggin counties reminding them that they are legally required to wear masks at their meetings after recent controversies around their meetings.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff A $750,000 federal grant will allow the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office to have a mental health clinician ride along with sheriff’s deputies and check in with people after their release from the Penobscot County Jail.

By Rosemary Lausier, Bangor Daily News Staff Androscoggin commissioners faced fierce pushback Wednesday night after they decided to postpone a resolution defying a statewide mask mandate.

By Rosemary Lausier, Bangor Daily News Staff Androscoggin county commissioners will consider at a Wednesday meeting a resolution to allow residents and visitors not to wear masks.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff The Penobscot County Jail’s outside oversight board approved its first annual report Jan.