President Obama’s plan is blocked, which will make it more difficult for legal immigrants to get work permits.
Joe Lawlor
Staff Writer
Joe Lawlor writes about health and human services for the Press Herald. A 24-year newspaper veteran, Lawlor has worked in Ohio, Michigan and Virginia before relocating to Maine in 2013 to join the Press Herald. He is still considered “from away” but since then, he has learned what a “dooryard” is, eaten “whoopie pies” drank Moxie and boiled some “lobstahs.” The stories he enjoys most are when he learns something and meeting inspiring people.
He lives in South Portland - aka “SoPo” - with his wife, Melanie, and two school-age children.
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Browntail moth invasion: They came, they ate, they made many itch
Caterpillars blanketing parts of the midcoast this year have left hundreds scrambling to treat the skin rash caused by their hair fibers.
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Maine schools’ rate of protection against measles improving
The Maine CDC releases school-by-school vaccination data after a Freedom of Access request by the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Price of opioid overdose antidote soars as Maine epidemic rages
The generic equivalent of Narcan – naloxone – has risen in cost up to 17-fold over the past two years.
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Leaf cover appears to help deer ticks survive winter, Maine researchers report
But data from a two-year study of tick mortality have yet to show how vulnerable they are to sudden drops in temperature.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News, Source
Maine scientist seeks keys to how sea urchins avoid aging process
James Coffman of the MDI Biological Laboratory is surprised to learn that the cells of even a short-lived species don’t degrade over time, an ability that would benefit humans.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Sexually transmitted disease cases spike in Maine
The rising chlamydia and gonorrhea numbers mirror a national trend, and public health experts say the reasons could include a lingering resistance to condom use and less fear of having unprotected sex.
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Prominent Portland attorney Peter DeTroy dies at 68
He was ‘one of the top five lawyers in the state,’ says former Maine Gov. John Baldacci.
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Portland groups pull together to offer opioid addicts a way out
A collaborative effort by Mercy Hospital, the city of Portland and several nonprofits hopes to increase the number of detoxification beds and develop new housing for people in recovery from opioid addiction.
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After 45 years, Maine veteran gets Bronze Star
Dennis Andrews of Boothbay Center frequently volunteered for missions in Vietnam, but his decoration never made it home in 1971.