A panel is investigating whether the automakers conspired to limit the development and rollout of car emission control systems.
2018
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Visa, Mastercard reach $6.2 billion settlement over credit card swipe fees
A group of 19 merchants and trade groups alleged that they conspired to fix fees that are charged to stores for handling credit card payments.
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Posted inMaine
State expands quarantine area to stop spread of emerald ash borer in York County
The destructive, invasive beetle has been found in 4 towns in the county – Acton, Berwick, Lebanon and Shapleigh.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News, Politics
New tariff list creates risk of ‘downward cycle’ for U.S. auto industry
President Trump’s latest round of import levies on Chinese imports will add costs to more than 100 car parts.
Posted inNation & World
World court opens preliminary probe into Rohingya expulsions
Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said she will look at reports of “a number of alleged coercive acts having resulted in the forced displacement of the Rohingya people, including deprivation of fundamental rights, killing, sexual violence, enforced disappearance, destruction and looting.”
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Testimony at Brunswick man’s attempted cop-killing trial involves shotgun shells, DNA
Scott Bubar is accused of aggravated attempted murder of a Kennebec County sheriff’s deputy during a 2017 shootout in Belgrade.
Posted inMaine
Hallowell eyes budget adoption changes in wake of big errors
An assessor’s agent said he and city officials worked behind the scenes to issue ‘proper’ tax bills, while city officials want the assessor to look at the budget before it’s approved.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Medicaid supporters urge federal agency to ignore LePage letter, approve expansion
Three parties argue in letters that the U.S. government should allow 70,000 more Mainers to get health coverage as state law dictates, despite the governor’s opposition.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Portland to hold forum next week on self-driving public transportation
City Manager Jon Jennings is interested in exploring the potential of driverless shuttles to alleviate congestion.
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Serious Kennebunk crash injures two
A head-on collision Monday night seriously injured a 39-year-old Lisbon man and sent two others to the hospital, police said.