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Douglas Rooks: Getting the postal service to run on time

It appears Congress will intervene to prevent a national rail strike by Dec. 9. Such a strike could cripple supply lines just before the Christmas holidays, and undo much of the hard-won progress in restoring reliable shipping at reasonable rates following pandemic disruptions still rippling through the economy. Keeping freight rolling is now a national […]

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Maine Compass: What on Earth was COP27?

A major international climate meeting recently ended in Egypt. It was the latest in a set of meetings aimed at tackling climate change globally. In earlier meetings at: Kyoto, a protocol was established for reducing emissions; Paris, nations promised individual goals for emissions reduction; and Glasgow, each nation’s goal was sharpened. The “Congress of the […]