The state’s requirements for tuition vouchers, including prohibitions on discrimination, will make some institutions ineligible.
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Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Waterville demonstrators protest overturn of Roe v. Wade
By late morning, about 30 people carrying signs stood on sidewalks in downtown Waterville, decrying the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, saying there is recourse: a large voter turnout in the midterm elections.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Here’s where each U.S. state stands on abortion
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, a decision that sets up the potential for legal fights between the states.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
States with strict gun-permitting laws consider next steps
‘We do not need people entering our subways, our restaurants and movie theaters with concealed weapons,’ says New York Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Posted inNation & World
Supreme Court rules out suing police for Miranda violations
The issue in the case was whether the warning given to criminal suspects before they talk to authorities is a constitutional right or something less important and less defined.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Supreme Court expands gun rights, with nation divided
The high court’s first major gun decision in more than a decade split the court 6-3, with the court’s conservatives in the majority and liberals in dissent.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, News, Politics
Jan. 6 panel sends letter asking Ginni Thomas to testify
A conservative activist and the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, she communicated with people in President Donald Trump’s orbit ahead of the attack and also on the day of the insurrection.
Posted inNation & World
Justice Barrett’s $425,000 tops among Supreme Court’s authors
It’s for a yet-to-be-released book and is likely the first installment on a reported $2 million deal she signed soon after joining the court in 2020.
Posted inNation & World
Man arrested near Justice Kavanaugh’s house is charged with attempted murder
The armed California resident, 26, arrived in a taxi early Wednesday and called 911 to report that he was having suicidal thoughts and planned to kill Brett Kavanaugh, according to a criminal complaint.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: When partisanship trumps journalistic integrity, the truth loses
It is clear that smear has carried the day when the Press Herald’s editorial page editor is willing to brand someone a liar without even calling that person.