A separate case in which the House is suing to stop the Trump administration from spending billions of dollars that Congress didn’t authorize for the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border also was returned to a lower court.
2020
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Canada outpaces U.S., recouping 55% of jobs lost to pandemic
The employment gains were largely expected as provinces moved to more aggressively reopen their economies, prompting businesses to rehire workers.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine
Enforcement of Maine’s strict online privacy law begins without clear strategy
The state’s attorney general said most internet service providers affirm they are complying, but a group of large providers is fighting the law in court.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
College notebook: FCS playoffs unlikely after two more conferences cancel fall season
More than 70 of the 127 Football Championship Subdivision schools have said they will not play this fall, after decisions Friday by the Big Sky Conference and Pioneer League.
Posted inHealth, Maine, Uncategorized
Maine hospitals’ COVID-19 patient counts remain low for another week
Well into the summer tourist season, the numbers of inpatients with the disease remain near the all-time low.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Federal appeals court sides with Cape Elizabeth High School student in free speech case
The decision by the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals means Aela Mansmann will not be required to serve a 3-day school suspension while her case proceeds in a lower court.
Posted inSports
Second Alabama high school football team – and the band – in 14-day quarantine
The measures are taken at Oneonta High School in Alabama, a town of 6,600 not far from Birmingham, after students show coronavirus symptoms.
Posted inMaine, News
Week In Photos Aug. 1-7, 2020
Here are some of our favorite photos from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel from the past week.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine reports 20 new cases of COVID-19, no additional deaths
School districts are keeping a close eye on case numbers as they introduce reopening plans that are keyed to control of virus transmission across the state.
Posted inNation & World
Brent Scowcroft, national security adviser to 2 presidents and part-time Mainer, dies at 95
Scowcroft, who owned a home in Kennebunkport, was a key aide to the first President Bush, helping to shape U.S. responses to the collapse of communism in Europe, the Tiananmen Square protests and Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait.