The state could make real gains by trimming the top tax rate when the economy is growing.
2012
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Lawmaker from Hallowell is eyewitness to history
WASHINGTON — Maine state Rep. Sharon Anglin Treat, D-Hallowell, walked out of the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday after listening to the first round of oral arguments over President Obama’s health care law and shook her head at the contrast. Inside the august chamber, where Treat snared a third-row seat after getting in line at […]
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Dispatches
Man wounded in shootout with marshals pleads guilty / Two I-295 bridge on-ramps closed today for project work / Woman who was moving is now missing and at risk . . . and more Maine news.
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
Tom Caron: ‘Community auditions’ at Red Sox spring training
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Bobby Valentine and Ben Cherington have plenty of work to do. With Opening Day now nine days away, the time to get that work done is ticking away. It’s been a long time since we’ve been this unsure of a Red Sox roster this late in the preseason. For the past […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letters to the editor, March 27, 2012Scotia Prince had Mexico chapter
Your March 19 obituary of the Scotia Prince, about to be scrapped in Sri Lanka, covered its life very well, except for the omission of an interesting chapter. In December 2002, it began a winter shuttle service between Tampa and Mexico, called the Yucatan Express. It was a logical move, for there are many tourists […]
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Weight-loss surgery can help reverse diabetes, studies show
Some people were able to stop taking insulin as soon as three days afterward, researchers find.
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
Nine days to go, lots of loose ends –but Lester’s not one of them
Sox Notebook: Boston’s Opening Day starter looks ready, and Dustin Pedroia and two others homer.
Posted inNation & World
Patience Abbe, 87, contributed to best-seller at age 11
Her mother transcribed the stories she and her brothers told about their childhood in Europe.
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Summers offers changes in laws for young drivers
Secretary of State Charlie Summers points to 12 crashes resulting in 16 deaths since Christmas.
Posted inLife & Culture
People & EntertainmentIntruder a horror show for Cowell
LONDON — A woman accused of breaking into Simon Cowell’s house wielding a broken brick and then hiding in the entertainment mogul’s wardrobe appeared in a London court Monday. Leanne Zaloumis, 29, was charged with aggravated burglary after the incident Saturday night. Prosecutors said Cowell was watching TV in the bedroom of his London mansion […]