(Meriden) Record-Journal (Conn.), May 24: There’s been a huge jump in monthly hospitalizations caused by a class of drugs often called “synthetic marijuana” ”“ from 359 cases nationwide in January, to more than 1,500 in April, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers. This is plenty of cause for parents, as well as […]

The Providence Journal (R.I.), May 21: While grilling the author of “Clinton Cash,” a book that suggests foreign interests attempted to influence Hillary Clinton’s actions as secretary of state by donating to her family’s foundation and paying her husband exorbitant sums for giving speeches, the television journalist was tough ”“ as any good reporter should […]

The Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act of 2015, S. 405 and two related bills, S. 659 and S. 556, would open up more Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands to trapping and the use of steel-jawed leg hold traps and neck snares. The Sportsmen’s Act would permanently protect the use of lead ammunition on […]

The Legislature is just steps away from enacting a law that will help municipalities deal with the blight caused by abandoned properties. When properties are left to fall into disrepair, they become public safety hazards and the target of vandalism. The condemnation process for abandoned property can last as long as 18-to-24 months. During this […]

A bill to address solar storm threats to the grid is under consideration by the Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee and will soon go to the full Maine legislature. On March 9, 1989, the sun boiled over, sending a cloud of charged particles speeding toward the earth. When the cloud hit the earth’s magnetic field […]

People are becoming increasingly aware of the income gap ”“ the growing spread between incomes at the top and the bottom. Proposed solutions range from levying a higher income tax on the wealthy to raising the minimum wage to doing nothing in the belief the market take care of the problem. The gap would be […]

If everybody spoke the way a child did, the world would be a much more honest place. More ridiculous, as well, since world leaders would frequently call each other “booger faces” and shoot spitballs at each other. But at least they’d be saying what they’re thinking. On a recent lazy Sunday, in the midst of […]