He’ll review Obama administration standards calling for a 54.4 mpg fleet average by 2025, he says, cheering automakers.
March 2017
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Maine county jails facing shortfalls seek $2.9 million from state
Officials from eight counties say housing and budgetary problems weren’t solved by an overhaul of the county jail system in 2015.
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Posted inBoys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Oak Hill unified basketball team ousts Westbrook in South quarters
Leavitt’s 17 points, Mower’s 16 lead way for Raiders over Blue Blazes.
Posted inBusiness, News, Politics
Congressional panel says New England marine monument hurts fishing communities
Republicans say the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument was created with too little local input and scientific scrutiny.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Facing broad opposition to health care plan, Republican leaders eye changes
House Speaker Paul Ryan says ‘some necessary improvements and refinements’ could be made to build support for the bill.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Waterville parking study group eyes parking space potential downtown
The committee examining a recent traffic study met Wednesday for its second gathering, examining data on how many more parking spaces would be needed with more occupied buildings.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Career day for Carrabec/Madison unified basketball’s Roger Pickard
Pickard leads Cobras into regional semifinals.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Franklin County court for Feb. 27-March 3, 2017
Closed cases from Franklin County Superior Court and Farmington District Court.
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House Intelligence Committee: No evidence that Obama wiretapped Trump Tower
The panel’s Republican chairman, Rep. Devin Nunes, says it is unlikely any such evidence will surface.
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Federal judge freezes Trump’s revised travel ban, citing discrimination
A lawsuit filed by the state of Hawaii claimed that the new order is still essentially a Muslim ban.