Some are hesitant to apply, knowing they will have to pay back the unemployment benefits when they finally return to work.
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Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: President Trump has mandate to build border wall
Americans elected him with the expectation that he’d follow through, and members of Congress should honor their constituents’ wishes.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Government shutdown’s forgotten victims: Employees of federal contractors
With $200 million in payments a week at risk, many of the nearly 10,000 of these providers of products and services are feeling the financial pinch.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: President Trump should foot the bill for wall
It seems silly to ask Mexico or American taxpayers for billions to fund the barrier when a billionaire resides in the Oval Office.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Kathleen Parker: All in all, it’s just another stupidity of The Wall
Now that Trump faces possible rejection, the wall has become a metaphor for his identity.
Posted inNation & World, News
Experts say recent discovery of tunnels highlights futility of building wall
For smugglers of people or contraband, walls are a temporary inconvenience they will ultimately find ways to get around.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Blind spots in home DNA tests
Ancestry analysis is interesting, but it can’t measure the power of chance, history or love.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine’s youngest immigrants follow parents to citizenship
The 29 children, ages 1 to 17, came from all over the world and now live throughout southern Maine.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Sen. Collins says she would oppose Trump emergency declaration to build border wall
Maine’s senior senator, who is among a small group of Republicans negotiating with the White House to end a three-week government shutdown, says she’s disappointed but still hopeful.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Trump administration eyes raiding hurricane relief funds to build border wall
The Trump administration is eyeing billions of dollars in unspent disaster relief funds to pay for a border wall without Congress’s approval.