March 2012 – Page 27 – The Portland Press Herald

Maine Voices: Hope for America springs anew from the messages of Cesar Chavez

by Ralph Carmona is founder of Maine Global Institute. March 30, 2012

The labor leader’s impact extends beyond farm fields to the environment, gay rights and other issues.

Briefcase

by From news service reports March 30, 2012

Mix of economic news leads to mixed day on Wall Street NEW YORK – Stocks rallied to finish mixed Thursday after spending most of the day in the red. Investors were reminded that Europe has not solved its debt crisis and the U.S. economy is far from healed. The Dow Jones industrial average was down […]

Nation & World

Pesticide suspected of causing bee problems

by The Associated Press March 30, 2012

But the two recent studies fail to explain all the reasons behind a long-running bee decline.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Senators should back toxic regulation update

March 30, 2012

It’s time for a federal response to the chemical products problem addressed in Maine law.

Nation & World

A split House passes budget destined to fail in Senate

by The Associated Press March 30, 2012

WASHINGTON – A divided House approved a $3.6 trillion Republican budget on Thursday recasting Medicare and imposing sweeping cuts in domestic programs, capping a battle that gave both political parties a campaign-season stage to spotlight their warring deficit-cutting priorities. But the partisan divisions over the measure, which is dead on arrival in the Democratic-led Senate, […]

Nation & World

Senate turns down bid to end oil company tax breaks

by The Associated Press March 30, 2012

WASHINGTON – President Obama’s plea to Congress to end $4 billion in tax subsidies to oil companies was rebuffed Thursday as the Senate turned back a Democratic bill to repeal the tax breaks. Moments after Obama made his election-year appeal in the White House Rose Garden, the Senate failed to reach the threshold of votes […]

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