The state’s voters will decide this November whether to impose a new tax on Mainers earning more than $128,400 a year to pay for home care services seniors and the disabled.
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Doctors pleased with progress by George H.W. Bush
A family spokesman also says the former president will remain in a Houston hospital for at least one more day.
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Black men arrested at Starbucks settle – for creation of an entrepreneur program
The city of Philadelphia will pay each of the men, who say they want something positive to come out of furor, a symbolic $1.
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More businesses shrugging off marijuana use in new hires
The shift away from marijuana testing appears likely to accelerate.
Posted inMaine
Topsham Hannaford store recalling beef purchased Monday
The recall, which affects a single store in Topsham, affected lean ground beef because it might contain metal fragments.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Morning Sentinel May 2 police log
Waterville area police reports to May 2, 2018.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Recreational marijuana is now legal in Maine – sort of. Now the state has to write the rules.
Legislators put the state on a path to legal production and sales – guided by rules more conservative than first proposed – and the first shops are likely to open in spring 2019.
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Military plane carrying 9 crashes near Savannah, Ga.; no survivors found
Puerto Rico National Guard officials say the plane was making its final flight into retirement and was on a training mission at the time of the crash.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Schools and Education
Company donates $1 million toward construction of UMaine engineering center
The gift from Packaging Corporation of America, member of a pulp and paper foundation that encourages students to consider paper-related technical careers.
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Southwest Airlines plane with cracked window diverted to Cleveland
There were no reports of injuries and the plane, which had been headed to New Jersey, landed safely.