Maine was one of the 19 states that filed the lawsuit over the suspension of rules that protected students at for-profit colleges.
2018
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
GM recalls over 1 million pickups, SUVs for power steering problem
There have been 30 reports of crashes but no deaths blamed on the issue.
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Posted inNation & World
Trump rejects estimated death toll of 3,000 in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria
Without evidence, the president denies the widely accepted number of deaths and says Democrats are trying to make him look bad.
Posted inNation & World, News
Spy poison case: Suspects say they were in UK as tourists
The men said that had traveled all the way from Russia to Salisbury to see the ‘very beautiful’ cathedral.
Posted inNation & World, News
Senate approves 1st spending bill to avert partial government shutdown
The bill is the first of three spending packages Congress hopes to approve this month to avoid a government shutdown when the new budget year begins Oct. 1.
Posted inEditorials
Our View: Sen. Collins mistakes free speech for bribery
A crowdfunding campaign sends the same message that wealthy donors deliver via PACs.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
PUC delays next week’s hearings on CMP’s proposed transmission line project
The complexity, heavy interest and other issues force postponement of the sessions for at least six more weeks.
Posted inBusiness, Life & Culture, Maine, Nation & World, News
Maine household income grew 4% last year, but still fell short of national level
New census figures show that the state’s median income did grow faster than the national rate in 2017, to more than $56,000.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Dark money and blurred alliances drum up resistance to CMP power line project
An unusual mix of opponents, one of them quite secretive, is working at a grass-roots level to block a proposed 145-mile power line through Maine, even though it’s not on any ballot.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Teammates at UNE last year, they’re now leading their own field hockey teams
Vonde Saunders of Bonny Eagle and Olivia Madore of South Portland remain close friends even though their teams are now rivals in the SMAA.