Just like other employers, organizations can send their people home after 40 hours, or pay them a little more.
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Pull plug on cyberabuse by connecting with children face to face
Collaboration and honest conversation can help our youth develop the skills to make good decisions.
Caron: North Woods struggling to see future
And divisive politics are only making it worse.
Maine students can make a gap year count
Gaining experience and maturity before college doesn’t have to entail a costly packaged program.
Don Roberts: Parties growing farther apart
The GOP and Democrat platforms show they are moving to the extremes.
Harmon: Paul LePage vs. Angus King
Don’t count out the Republican governor just because he isn’t so smooth.
George Smith: Campaign items push the right buttons
An old box of political memorabilia really brings back the memories.
Obama’s overtime proposal would harm nonprofits
New pay obligations would force organizations to cut back.
Trahan: Background-check law would be first step in a firearm registry
The question on Maine’s November ballot is far from just a “sensible” gun law.
Parker: Rise of know-nothing Trump
A different voting method may have saved the GOP from the Donald.