Evan Popp studied journalism at Ithaca College. He joins Maine Morning Star following three years at Maine Beacon writing about statewide politics. Before that, he worked for the Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper and interned at the Progressive magazine, ThinkProgress and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
As Mainers grappled with one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history, policymakers and advocates said more can and must be done to protect against gun violence in the state.