Republicans could pass it to make progress on their goal of ending Obamacare, but members of the House may not go along.
2017
Posted inNation & World
Escapees make video of their jailbreak set to music
The crisply edited piece made on a smuggled cell phone documents their crawling through vents and out onto the jail roof.
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Posted inBusiness
Volkswagen downplays magazine’s charge of collusion
Der Spiegel says the automaker and others colluded over diesel technology.
Posted inNation & World
Student-loan forgiveness has stalled since Trump took office
Under President Barack Obama, the Education Department approved more than 28,000 claims for loan forgiveness from former students of Corinthian Colleges.
Posted inNation & World
White House may seek narrow tax cut
Tax overhaul remains the goal, but a short-term plan may precede wider efforts.
Posted inMaine, News
Randolph voters approve flat spending plan at Town Meeting
About three dozen town residents endorsed the spending and saving priorities the selectmen and Budget Committee had crafted.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
Boy from Gray tells Senate committee about his life with diabetes
Charlie Albair, 10, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was 6 and wants to play for the Red Sox, offered senators a deal if they continue to push for diabetes research funding.
Posted inNation & World
Drug wholesaler undertakes reforms amid lawsuits, probes
McKesson has been under investigation for its handling of suspicious opioid orders.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine DHHS kills funding for school-based student health centers
The program that provides basic medical care to students who lack access to a doctor falls victim to the recent state budget negotiations.
Posted inNation & World
Staffer’s arrest latest problem for Florida congresswoman
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz retained Imran Awan even as other Democrats fired him.