Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is negotiating the delivery of billions in financial assistance to Boeing, United Airlines and other large aviation companies to protect them from coronavirus fallout. Mnuchin should cancel this costly exercise in favoritism. We’re not rooting for any company’s failure, nor for hardship to befall employees of any industry. Rather, we’re opposed […]
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Posted inNation & World
Trump, aides float outlier theory on origins of coronavirus
President Trump and some of his officials are stepping up efforts to pin blame on China for the coronavirus pandemic.
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Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine Acts of Kindness: Gorham woman’s handmade masks aid hospice workers
Susan Franck has used a bit of YouTube research and a box of quilting fabric to construct nearly 200 face masks.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State
Maine Arts Commission gets $426,800 in pandemic relief
Meanwhile, Opera Maine cancels its season, and the Bowdoin Museum postpones ‘First Light’ until 2021.
Posted inBusiness
U.S. job losses pass 22 million with gig workers waiting for aid
The dramatic growth in contract and gig work is slowing the distribution of unemployment benefits.
Posted inBoston Celtics, Sports
Celtics’ Hayward unable to shoot … because he has no hoop at his house
His wife offered to buy a hoop and Gordon Hayward didn’t think it was necessary. But that was before a prolonged stay-at-home order prevented him from shooting.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
The Virus Diaries: Teen offers a ‘list of instructions for not giving up’
Sophie Robinson, 16, and her high school classmates are writing daily journal entries about life in the age of coronavirus.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Mills administration held secret meetings on pandemic with state lawmakers
Officials briefed large groups of Maine legislators privately and without public notice multiple times, in apparent violation of state law.
Posted inSports
U.S. Open tennis to decide by June; playing with no fans ‘highly unlikely’
The tournament is schedule to begin in late August, and the USTA says holding it without spectators is a last resort.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Sports Digest: Maine moose lottery in June will be held online only
The popular event, slated for June 13, will be a virtual drawing this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.