Instead of drawing down the Rainy Day Fund or becoming depending on federal handouts, we must accept a smaller state government.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Pandemic underscores urgency of taking action on climate change
The toll of coronavirus is a lesson to us in the high cost of delay.
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Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Severely ill patients in Maine now receiving new drug to fight COVID-19
Remdesivir might end up being used to keep less severe cases from getting worse, one Maine researcher says.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Nation & World, News, Politics
Trump allies lining up doctors to prescribe rapid reopening
Republican operatives are recruiting ‘extremely pro-Trump’ doctors to go on television to promote reviving the U.S. economy as quickly as possible, without waiting to meet safety benchmarks proposed by public health experts.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
17 employees, four residents test positive for COVID-19 at Clover Health Care
Clover Health Care announced that after 550 employees, residents and contract help were tested for COVID-19 over the last two days, 17 employees and four residents have tested positive.
Posted inNation & World, News
States accused of fudging or bungling COVID-19 testing data
As large parts of the U.S. ease their lockdowns, public health officials in some states are being accused of bungling infection numbers or deliberately using a little sleight of hand to make things look better than they are.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
State tax revenues drop as COVID-19 tightens grip on Maine economy
A monthly report from state tax collectors shows parts of Maine’s economy reeling amid the pandemic.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State
A bipartisan plea to reopen Poland, New Gloucester and other rural towns
Democoratic state Sen. Ned Claxton and Republican state Rep. Amy Arata teamed up Tuesday to make the case for the state to lessen COVID-19 restrictions in more places.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Governor orders end to prisoners receiving unemployment pay
The inmates had applied for and received the benefits, including $600 weekly Pandemic Unemployment Assistance payments, after they were laid off from work-release jobs.
Posted inSports
NFLPA president says hurdles remain for season to start
Cleveland center JC Tretter understands things may not be the same when the NFL season starts, whenever that is.