A financial reform bill in Congress would put the U.S. Postal Service back in the black, but workers say it won’t immediately resolve staffing shortages and late-arriving mail.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine leaders seek delay of May 1 deadline for whale-friendly lobstering gear
Gov. Janet Mills and all four members of Maine’s congressional delegation say the federally mandated equipment is expensive and hard to get.
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Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Panel endorses bill to train teachers in climate science despite Republican opposition
Opponents worried that the bill, which has huge support among Maine science teachers, would give environmental groups too much influence.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Schools and Education
Part-time Mainer ‘relieved’ that U.S. Supreme Court will hear college admissions cases
The court agrees to hear two lawsuits challenging the role of race in college admissions filed by a group whose leader lives in South Thomaston half of the year.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Pingree and Collins press Postal Service for answers on mail delays
Some Maine residents have complained in recent weeks that regular mail is being delayed for days or going undelivered.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: The two-party system builds division and dysfunction
We won’t be able to address our core problems with a system that concentrates wealth and power.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: With David Flanagan’s death, country loses model of bipartisan camaraderie
His work across the aisle during the Senate’s Katrina inquiry helped pave the way for legislation that has made us all safer.
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Commentary: American politics are not (yet) broken
President Biden’s success with the infrastructure bill shows that the median voter theorem still holds.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-Eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Party politics times five
Polling analysis suggests there are multiple political parties inside the coalitions we call the Democrats and Republicans.
Posted inElections, Local & State, News, Politics
Maine’s supreme court extends deadline for Legislature to redraw voting districts
Lawmakers had asked for more time because they still don’t have the U.S. Census data needed to redraw congressional and legislative district lines.