Reducing the paperwork and financial burden will strengthen job growth and smaller businesses.
2017
Maine Compass: Tax bills would be an assault on educational opportunities
They would cost students an estimated $71 billion, and place unprecedented burdens on schools.
Franklin Memorial plans holiday events Dec. 10
The event will feature goodies from Mrs. Claus’ kitchen, a “letters to Santa” table, coloring, games and crafts, visits with the reindeer and more.
Retired educators donate books by Maine authors
This year’s choice book is “Azalea, Unschooled” by Liza Kleinman.
Australia makes same-sex marriage legal
The bill passed nearly unanimously, as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says, “I think this is so wonderful.”
Indigenous artist challenges Norway’s plan to limit reindeer
An artist from the Sami community in the Arctic region mounts her work of 400 bullet-ridden reindeer skulls in front of Parliament in Oslo.
Trump to open new civil rights museum in Mississippi
In the capital city of Jackson, some want the president to see how they live now while others merely ponder his visit.
State upholds permit to remove historic pilings in Phippsburg
The pilings at the edge of the water near Popham village were left behind from an old steamship pier, and some neighbors wanted them to stay.