Expanded unemployment benefits, stimulus checks and the Paycheck Protection Program helped to soften the economic impact of restrictions and kept the state’s budget from falling deeply into the red.
2020
Posted inNation & World
Protests in Belarus continue despite challenger’s departure
Top opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya left for Lithuania after dismissing Sunday’s results that showed the Presidetn Alexander Lukashenko winning a sixth term.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime
Police arrest Vienna man following 10 reports of automobile burglaries in Winthrop
Gregory Roe, 34, was charged Tuesday with burglary from a motor vehicle and theft.
Posted inBusiness
Top CEOs pledge to hire 100,000 low-income and minority New Yorkers
Companies include Amazon, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and NBCUniversal.
Posted inTimes Record Sports, Uncategorized
Bowdoin College hockey rink may not be available for high school, youth use this winter
With sports canceled at Bowdoin until Jan. 1, it’s uncertain if Watson Arena will be open for community use.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Trump aide: White House ‘didn’t micromanage’ Bath shipyard negotiations
Peter Navarro, assistant to the President for trade and manufacturing, said Trump instructed him to contact professionals to help BIW and Local S6 reach an agreement to end the ongoing strike, “but all the hard work was done by the negotiators.”
Posted inNation & World
Parents of Elijah McClain sue Colorado police over his death
The lawsuit alleges McClain was unlawfully stopped and three of the officers simultaneously placed their body weight on the 23-year-old after a chokehold.
Posted inNews, Schools and Education, Uncategorized
UMaine System expands plans for coronavirus testing on campuses
Students and staff from out of state, residents in student housing and other special groups will undergo two rounds of testing following their return to campus.
Posted inElections, Nation & World, News, Politics
Biden picks California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate
The Democratic presidential candidate embraces a former primary rival and makes history by selecting the first Black woman to run on a major party’s presidential ticket.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
What’s keeping Washington from a virus deal, explained
No one is giving up on an accord, though near-term prospects aren’t promising.