U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price met with Gov. Paul LePage and others at the State House as part of a listening tour around the country.
May 2017
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Augusta woman pleads guilty to stealing mail
Court papers say Amanda K. Wentzell rifled through and took mail that was being processed by the U.S. Postal Service while she was a postal employee.
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Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Sen. Collins considering support for special counsel to investigate Trump-Russia ties
Maine’s Sen. Angus King floats the idea of hiring James Comey to lead the Senate’s probe of Russia’s links to the president’s campaign.
Posted inMaine, News
‘Crazy dangerous’ opiate carfentanil claims first life in Maine
The substance is 5,000 times more potent than heroin, and is used in veterinary medicine to tranquilize elephants and other large animals.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Lawmakers vote against moving UMaine wind project farther from Monhegan
Energy committee members unanimously vote against a bill that would have moved the test site at least 7 miles farther out to sea.
Posted inMaine, News
Toddler who died at Raymond day care center was being treated for ear infections
Determination of the cause of death of 16-month-old Travis Weston awaits test results, police say.
Posted inNation & World, News
Arrested journalist says he was only trying to get answers from Tom Price
West Virginia reporter Dan Heyman was charged Tuesday with willful disruption of state government processes.
Posted inMaine, News
Fire destroys mobile home on Smithfield Road in Belgrade
Jason Poulin and his 17-year-old son lost just about everything in the fire, which was caused by an electrical malfunction.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
After Trump fired Comey, his staff scrambled to explain why
The chaotic scene at the White House last night featured a staff uncertain of how to make sense of the president’s abrupt action.
Posted inEditorials
Our View: Keep cap until it’s clear that charters are working
Lawmakers don’t yet have the data to make a decision on more of the schools.