Signatures on a statewide initiative must be turned in today, to qualify the issue for a November vote.
March 2010
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letters to the editor, March 24, 2010Waynflete students right to take stand
Kudos to the Waynflete students who wrote letters to the editor expressing their opinions on wind power. Although my views differ on some of the points expressed, I applaud them for their reasoned arguments and their admirable level of interest in public policy and civic engagement (“Students’ opinions get blasted on the Web,” March 14). […]
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Our View: Student aid reform will help needy scholars afford college
This lesser-known reform package will redirect money from banks to students who need it.
Posted inOpinion
Maine Voices: St. Andre’s Home marks70 years of helping pregnant women
While both its mission and its clients have changed over the years, the focus on mothers and babies has not.
Posted inClose to Home
Sojourn for science scholars
Two Maine students will spend four expense-paid weeks at an educational camp in the West Virginia mountains.
Posted inOpinion
Maine Voices: Non-citizen voting a local issue
There is no reason to avoid this or any other voting issue on which the law and the courts have been silent.
Posted inBusiness
New rules add protections for gift card users
The regulations, in effect Aug. 22, limit service and inactivity fees and how quickly the cards expire.
Posted inNews
Morse: Shake-up would save city schools nearly $38,000
Portland’s school board is scheduled to receive the superintendent’s administrative plan tonight.
Posted inBusiness
Lions Gate calls latest bid too low
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. rejected on Tuesday the latest bid by activist investor Carl Icahn for control of the film studio, calling the offer too low. Lions Gate also said the unsolicited offer wouldn’t hamper its acquisition strategy. The company said its board voted unanimously against Icahn’s offer to buy all […]
Posted inBusiness
Executives at bailed-out firms to see pay cuts
WASHINGTON — The top earners at five big companies still living on federal bailout money will take a 15 percent pay cut this year, the Obama administration’s pay czar says — yet many will still make millions. Kenneth Feinberg also said cash salaries would be capped at $500,000 this year for the vast majority of […]