After the district attorney says a clerical mistake led him to announce incorrect charges against the driver, the Portland Press Herald’s request for a copy is denied.
July 2015
Posted inNation & World
Justice Department cracks down on food safety cases
It steps up criminal actions against companies that produce tainted food.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
How will Portland enforce its new minimum wage?
The ordinance is vague on that and the state can’t do it, but the city expects few complaints and has time to develop a system.
Posted inOp-Eds
ACLU: The governor’s blunder puts new state laws on the books
If LePage wanted to veto any of 19 bills in question, he could and should have done it in the time allotted.
Posted inMaine, News
Wildfire burns 4 acres of forestland in Topsham
The blaze was one of three wildfires reported Monday in Maine, the forest service says.
Posted inMaine, News
George Mitchell’s son, 17, accidentally starts wildfire on Mount Desert Island
Mount Desert’s fire chief says the teen was playing with a lighter when he sparked a blaze that burned about an acre of woods and fields on the former U.S. senator’s property.
Posted inPolitics
Clinton rolls out agenda calling for a ‘growth and fairness economy’
The Democrat makes the first major economic speech of her presidential campaign and takes aim at Republican candidates including Jeb Bush.