After continuing to work on a bill to update unemployment laws, legislators held a town-hall-style conference call for Mainers affected by the system.
March 2018
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Trump administration escalates feud over California sanctuary law
Meanwhile, Gov. Jerry Brown calls Jeff Sessions a liar and says it is unprecedented for the attorney general to ‘act more like Fox News than a law enforcement officer.’
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News, Politics
Mexico, Canada could escape Trump tariffs
The White House reverses its policy just days after saying there would be no exemptions.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Portland withholds name of business seeking tax break for waterfront project
Mayor Ethan Strimling says the public has a right to know, but a city spokeswoman says applicants can request and be granted confidentiality if disclosure would result in ‘significant detriment.’
Posted inNation & World
West Virginia teachers’ victory resonates across U.S.
Teachers in Oklahoma, Arizona and Kentucky are contemplating actions of their own amid growing frustration over meager pay.
Posted inNation & World, Science
Clusters of cyclones blanket Jupiter’s poles
That’s just one of the discoveries reported by four international research teams.
Posted inNew England, News
Suspect in medical student’s stabbing death had dozens of run-ins with police
Jeffrey Yao, accused of stabbing University of New England student Deane ‘Kenny’ Stryker to death last month, had also been to the hospital for several psychological evaluations, The Boston Globe reported.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine emergency department visits for opioid overdoses jumped 34 percent in 2017
The increase, reported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, contrasts with declining visits in several other New England states.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World, News
Powerball mystery winner plans to donate $50 million to charity
The woman starts by giving $150,000 to Girls Inc. and $99,000 to End 68 Hours of Hunger.
Posted inPolitics
Democrats calling Poliquin’s sleeping arrangement abuse of taxpayer funds
The 2nd District congressman sleeps on a Murphy bed in his office in Washington and showers in the House gymnasium.