The push to make the lifesaving opioid overdose antidote easier to buy took five years and multiple court battles, fueling worries about access and supply.
Jordan Andrews
Jordan began working at the Portland Press Herald in February 2022 covering fisheries and civil litigation. Since starting her journalism career in 2013, she has worked as a staff reporter for Midcoast weeklies The Republican Journal, Camden Herald and Courier Gazette, covering a range of beats, and for The Portland Phoenix, covering education, business and the waterfront. Her articles have also appeared in The Maine Monitor and The Free Press. In 2016, her coverage of Maine State Prison was recognized by The New England First Amendment Coalition. Before writing for newspapers, Jordan worked for the MDI Biological Laboratory engaging students in eelgrass restoration and other projects of the Community Environmental Health Lab, as a marine science educator for Boston Harbor Islands National Park, and on the trail crew at Acadia National Park. She lives in Belfast with her husband, stepdaughters and two cats.
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Europe’s battle against Chinese EVs isn’t a repeat of 2000s solar flood
Cheap Chinese solar panels crushed European companies, but the lessons from that saga don’t apply to the auto industry’s current problems.
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A resurgence of American unions is being led by a new breed of labor leaders. Who are they?
From picket lines in Hollywood to walkouts against Detroit automakers, it’s already been a big year for labor organizing – and behind several major showdowns with enormous companies are some of America’s largest unions.
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Biden readies measures to support Cuba’s small-business owners
The Biden administration sees entrepreneurs as Cuba’s best hope to grow its economy and curb the outflow of migrants from the island, a State Department official said.
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Norfolk Southern announces details of plan to pay for lost home values because of Ohio derailment
The railroad estimates that the cleanup will cost more than $800 million, which includes $74 million that Norfolk Southern has pledged to help East Palestine recover.
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Leaders see hope in tackling deadly climate change and public health problems together
Experts hope the sputtering global public health system and efforts to curb global warming through collaboration can combine to create a better system for handling the problem.
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Ukraine files complaint with World Trade Organization over EU neighbors’ grain ban
The government in Kyiv filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization on Monday over measures taken by Poland, Slovakia and Hungary.
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Benjamin Netanyahu, Elon Musk talk about about antisemitism on X, artificial intelligence
The Israeli prime minister said controlling more-advanced AI must start by getting like-minded states to agree to a code of ethics and conduct.
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Bill Maher is the latest TV host to delay returning to show during writers strike
Bill Maher has delayed returning to his HBO talk show during the ongoing strike by writers and actors, a decision following similar pauses in the past few days by ‘The Drew Barrymore Show,’ ‘The Talk’ and ‘The Jennifer Hudson Show.’
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Regulators struggle to rein in Amazon on safety for warehouse workers
Some labor advocates are hopeful that multiple investigations will force the company to change, improving working conditions.