Reaction was mixed as the administration offered to let states request federal exemptions from coverage.
2017
Posted inNation & World
Russian police seek accomplices in subway suicide bombing
The attack follows a long string of bombings of planes, trains and transportation facilities, many linked to radical Islamists.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Schools and Education
Waterville council OKs leasing 30 parking spaces in city lot to Colby for hotel use
A final vote on the parking lease is expected to be taken April 11.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Lawmakers split on how to regulate retail marijuana sales in Maine
The divided committee vote reflects differences in opinion about which state agency – or agencies – should license marijuana businesses.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
IRS to assign some debt collection to private firms
The work is being shifted as a way to combat phone scams demanding payment that have cost victims more than $55 million.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Ethics commission identifies lawmakers who may have missed income disclosure deadline
The commission’s director says no further investigation is planned, and lawmakers now are more aware of the requirement.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Maine teacher of the year finalists visit Thomas College to kick off new partnership
The teachers visited classes throughout the day and participated in a panel discussion about innovation in the classroom as part of as part of a teacher-in-resident program.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
South Paris woman pleads to buying gun for felon who died in shootout
The firearm that Stephanie Knightly, 50, bought in August 2014 was used the next day in the shootout with police in which Steven Piirainen was killed.
Posted inCollege Connection, Columns
Supporting women in science is about encouragement
Based on the strong showing of female participants at the recent Maine State Science Fair, high schools are on the right track to foster more women in science, Amber Howard writes.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Pittston machete attack convict loses appeal
Daniel Fortune was sentenced to life in prison for the 2008 attack, which left a 10-year-old girl and her father severely injured.