Records fail to disclose $235 million in state work given to officials’ private interests

By Naomi Schalit and John Christie, Senior Reporters, © Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting
Between 2003 and 2010, the state paid almost $235 million to private organizations run by legislative leaders or the spouses of high-level state officials.
But because of a loophole in state law, not one penny of that spending was ever disclosed to the public in ethics filings.
An investigation by Maine Center for …