Around the start of 2025, we had an editorial discussing the disturbing trend across Vermont in which more domestic violence ...

There is now a new Violence Prevention Office in Maine. This state office is charged with coordinating and promoting “effective efforts to reduce violence.” A six-paragraph announcement in December ...

Thursday was the start of the Point In Time Count, it’s a snapshot of the number of homeless people in a county on a given night.

To understand the impact of domestic violence on women’s housing stability, the Lee Enterprises Public Service Journalism ...

The City of Portland, and its new 12-member City Council, is facing a growing budget gap that will require more than $100 ...

Most women who have experienced homelessness report experiencing violence from strangers. Transgender women find they face ...

Forcing survivors to litigate their restraining order hearings is a regular reality — and a gaping fault in a system that ...

The Lee Enterprises Public Service Journalism Team surveyed 150 women from July through October 2024 across eleven women’s ...

The Sept. 4 shooting in a parking lot just off West Burnside Street resulted in the death of Malik Wilkerson, 21, pictured above.

To break free from the domestic abuse and to protect her children, Rachel experienced homelessness in hopes of something ...

Portland began utilizing a mayor-council form of government in 2025. In Portland, the city council serves as the city's primary legislative body and the mayor serves as the city's chief executive. The ...