With Election Day nearing and the Democrats within a few seats of the majority, some see a chance to try to fix what’s broken by taking up a reform push they started after winning the majority six years ago – but clearly never finished.
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Drone targets Israeli prime minister’s house during new barrages with Hezbollah
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the drone targeted his house in the Mediterranean coastal town of Caesarea, though neither he nor his wife were home.
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Posted inBusiness
Wayne daycare program reopens
Pooh Bear’s history at the church dates back to the 1970s.
Posted inBusiness
UScellular donates $41,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs and YMCA of Greater Waterville
The grant supports academic programming and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics education for children.
Posted inBusiness
University of Maine at Augusta East Millinocket Center executive receives award
Rountree started at UMA’s East Millinocket center in 1995 as assistant director.
Posted inBusiness
Credit union based in Newport, Pittsfield raising money for breast cancer nonprofit
Pink ribbons are available to purchase for $2 each throughout the month at the credit union’s Newport and Pittsfield office locations.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Wealthier Americans are driving retail spending and powering U.S. economy
Higher-income households have been fortified by huge gains in housing and stock market wealth since the pandemic.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, Politics
A failed mic leaves Donald Trump pacing the stage in silence for nearly 20 minutes
It was the second time in a week that one of his events was interrupted.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, News, Politics
What’s a ‘Jezebel spirit’? Christian nationalists say Harris is influenced by demons
The word ‘Jezebel’ was used during slavery and throughout U.S. history to describe Black women, casting them as overtly sexual and untrustworthy.
Posted inMaine, News
Lobsters in the shallows are emerging from their caves
Those living in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Maine are trading the rocky crevices they have always favored for a life spent out in the open foraging for food on the ocean’s muddy bottom or open ledge, according to a new UMaine study.