Since 2002, hundreds of new Mainers have arrived from nations targeted by President Trump’s embattled immigration ban.
Christian MilNeil
Christian MilNeil is a data reporter and online content producer. A graduate of Bonny Eagle High School in Standish, he studied math and economics at Reed College in Portland, Oregon and joined the Press Herald in 2012. He’s especially interested in design, city politics, cartography and climate change. If you’re in Portland, you might see him bicycling to work, or just for fun.
Posted inNews, Schools and Education
Interactive map: Compared with other states, charter schools play a tiny role in Maine
Only 12 other states, mostly in the rural west and south, have a lower proportion of students enrolled in charter schools than Maine, according to federal statistics.
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Posted inBusiness, News
Interactive maps: ACA enrollment is highest in areas where Mainers work for themselves
Towns with higher self-employment rates – such as coastal fishing communities – tend to have greater rates of enrollment in the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces.
Posted inNews
Interactive: Watch Lyme disease spread across the Northeast
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tracked reported cases of Lyme disease in each U.S. county since 2000. During that period, Lyme has become much more common, especially in Maine, which had only 71 reported cases in 2000, and 1,336 cases so far in 2016 as of Dec. 5. Historically, the disease has […]
Posted inNews
Watch: Maine’s changing landscapes, seen from space
Thirty-two years of satellite data and new technology from Google allow a time-lapse view of Maine’s changing landscapes.
Posted inPolitics, Uncategorized
Interactive map: see where Maine swung to the right in the 2016 election
Hillary Clinton won Maine’s overall popular vote, but president-elect Donald Trump won a far greater share of votes than Mitt Romney did in 2012, especially in rural parts of the state.
Posted in2016 Election, Elections, Politics
Interactive map: state-by-state presidential election results
Live state-by-state results from the Associated Press.
Posted in2016 Election, Politics
Interactive map: How many new Democrats and Republicans are there in your town?
Both major parties have grown their ranks among Maine voters in the past year, but Democrats have a clear advantage among newly-registered voters.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine’s personal income growth stagnates
Only five other states rank worse, according to new federal estimates.
Posted inNews, Politics
Trump’s visit merits a ‘meh’ among Maine’s internet users
Statewide search statistics from Google Trends indicate that Maine’s internet users aren’t nearly as interested in Trump’s visit today as they were in the candidate’s previous visit to Portland, in March.