Last month I provided evidence of the Republican Party’s specious policy of trickle-down, voodoo economics. Now let’s look at another cherished and specious Republican claim, heard over and over again each election cycle and almost daily from Republican legislatures — smaller government. According to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, total nonmilitary federal employee numbers […]
April 2012
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Biologists gear up to study deadly bat disease
This summer in Maine and across the Northeast, an all-out effort will begin to survey and try to protect bat populations that were decimated by white-nose bat syndrome last winter.
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Mainers’ college debt second-highest in nation
Amanda St. John is one of thousands of Mainers carrying heavy college debt.
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BASEBALL: Dice-K looks sharp in Portland
PORTLAND — The pause at the top of the delivery, the easy follow-through, the balancing act on his left leg after releasing the ball ?it was all familiar for Boston Red Sox fans.
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Maine’s Associated Grocers: What’s left?
One year ago, Associated Grocers of Maine was in severe financial straits and placed into receivership at the request of one of two banks holding mortgages on the property.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Another QB battle at Maine
ORONO — For the third straight season, the University of Maine football team has a battle for the starting quarterback job. Warren Smith and Chris Treister of Cape Elizabeth were locked in it for the previous two years.
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NBA PLAYOFFS: Fighting for survival
ATLANTA — Four years ago, Boston and Atlanta were in much different places when they met in the NBA playoffs.
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COMMENTARY: Mental illnesses deserve insurance, too
Every day across the United States, families struggle with the challenges of mental illness or substance abuse. The 68 million Americans with these issues include people of all income levels, all races and all political affiliations. Mental illness does not discriminate.
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A fresh approach to fiddleheads
WILTON — An army of fiddlehead pickers has spread across central Maine early each morning for the past few weeks. They scour streams and riverbanks and fill onion sacks with the tiny curlicue ferns, named for their resemblance to a fiddle’s head.
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AARP volunteers helped 20,000 file tax returns
I would like to express my appreciation to the almost 300 Mainers who volunteered for AARP Foundation Tax-Aide program this year. During the last 12 weeks of tax season, the Tax-Aide volunteers helped more than 20,000 Mainers file their tax returns and answered questions for many others. In addition to IRS-certified volunteer tax preparers, the […]