April 3, 2022
2022
Posted inHealth, Maine
How worried should I be about omicron BA.2? And do I need a second booster?
The latest headlines about COVID-19 raise many new questions. Here are some answers.
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Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
J.P. Devine: Freedom’s song
Reflecting on his pet, Ms. Kramer, prompts J.P. Devine to ponder the larger question of what it means to be a caged bird.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Backlogs causing delays in thousands of Maine court cases
The state’s criminal caseload has increased by more than half, taking priority over thousands more civil cases that have been on hold.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, Times Record Sports
50 years after Title IX, spending on women’s college sports still falls short
From coaches’ salaries to overall expenditures, money for women’s sports typically lags behind men’s sports at colleges throughout Maine and the Northeast.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
Colby College faced a similar gender discrimination complaint in 2003
Eighteen years before female coaches filed a complaint against the school, student athletes sued the college over alleged Title IX violations.
Posted inMaine, Politics
A right to clean air and water? In broad initiatives, critics predict a sea of litigation
A move to enshrine in Maine’s Constitution a right to healthy environment is part of a trend of broadly worded amendments that includes the right to food.