A new minimum wage board will issue recommendations for pay raises within three months, Textiles Minister Abdul Latif Siddiky said. The Cabinet will then decide whether to accept those proposals.
May 2013
Posted inNews, Politics, Senate
Sen. Collins: IRS scrutiny of conservative groups ‘chilling’
The Maine senator also says a decision to drop terrorist references from the Benghazi talking points was a political one.
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Posted inNews, Sports
It’s Luchini, again, in Mother’s Day road race
Louie Luchini wins his fourth straight Sea Dogs Mother’s Day 5K, crossing the plate in 15:03, and Erica Jesseman of Scarborough is the winning female contender.
Posted inNews
NPR correspondent to speak at Maine law school graduation
National Public Radio political correspondent Mara Liasson will consider many, if not all, things at the University of Maine School of Law graduation ceremony Saturday.
Posted inNews
Maine ride to protest bicyclist fatalities
Maine’s Ride of Silence this Wednesday evening is free and open to all cyclists.
Posted inNews, Politics
Snowe presses for bipartisanship in new book
In 34 years, the parties have become more interested in making each other look bad and focusing on re-election than doing what’s best for the nation, she says.
Posted inNation & World, News
Sheriff: Body of missing Kansas toddler found
The body is that of an 18-month-old girl whose mother was found dead along with two men on a farm several days ago.
Posted inNation & World, News
Two bodies found in N.J. standoff; suspect killed
Three people, including two teens and a 4-year-old, are reported safe after the three-day standoff ends early Sunday, but police said they found the bodies of a woman and her 13-year-old son.
Posted inSports
COLLEGE BASEBALL: USM wins Little East title
GORHAM — Andrew Richards pitched five innings of shutout relief Saturday to set the stage for a late-inning comeback as the University of Southern Maine downed UMass-Dartmouth 4-2 to win the Little East Conference baseball championship.
Posted inPolitics
Benghazi attack spurs political jockeying
Conservatives say the Obama administration’s response leaves Democrats vulnerable.