A 15% corporate minimum tax will help fund the new costs, with extra going to deficit reduction.
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Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
Men’s basketball: Lawrence graduate Mason Cooper finds second home at Eastern Kentucky University
Former Bulldogs standout recently promoted to Director of Basketball Operations for Colonels.
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Posted inCommunity News, Local & State, Local Government, Morning Sentinel
Funding for Fairfield water expansion hits roadblocks, leading Town Council to reconsider federal relief aid
Town officials had hoped to combine a $1 million grant with $8.4 million in federal money to begin the funding package for the proposed expansion of the public water system, but the town has withdrawn from consideration for the grant.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Study casts more doubt on benefit of high-dose vitamin D pills
Taking high doses of vitamin D doesn’t reduce the risk of broken bones in generally healthy older Americans, researchers report.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, News, Politics
Republican-ordered probe found ‘absolutely no’ election fraud in Wisconsin
A Wisconsin judge says a taxpayer-funded investigation into the 2020 election found ‘absolutely no evidence of election fraud,’ but did reveal contempt for the state’s open records law by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and a former state Supreme Court justice he hired.
Posted inNation & World, News
Xi gives Biden fiery warning on Taiwan, Beijing says
Xi emphasized China’s claim over the island, which has governed itself for decades.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
House Jan. 6 panel interviews Mnuchin, pursues Trump Cabinet
The House Jan. 6 committee is in negotiations to talk to several other former members of Donald Trump’s Cabinet.
Posted inLocal & State
Trucker whose dislodged tire killed Maine detective reaches plea deal
An investigation focused on the condition of the logging truck driven by the Patten man.
Posted inLocal & State
Maine COVID-19 cases, patient counts hold steady as national numbers climb
The state has the nation’s second-lowest infection rate, after Vermont.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Local Government
As price tag doubles for new Randolph fire station, voters wait to pass additional town funding until project is rethought
The bids for the fire station came back Tuesday, the Randolph Select Board said, and noted the prices were almost double what they originally intended.