Summer demand and Egypt unrest push the state’s average price well above the national level, and it could jump another 25 to 30 cents.
2013
Posted inNews
Half of Mass. family doctors not accepting new patients
The annual survey of 1,137 physicians’ offices in Massachusetts also shows wait times remain long.
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Posted inBusiness
Ex-Wall Street trader Fabrice Tourre on trial
The former Goldman Sachs employee is accused in an SEC lawsuit of a massive mortgage securities fraud.
Posted inOpinion
Kathleen Parker: Republican lawmakers pursue principled suicide mission
In the latest example, they create a partisan problem by stripping food stamps from the federal farm bill.
Posted inOpinion
Commentary: Mandela’s decline raises questions that all families should consider
We need to ask our loved ones what they’d want at the end of life while they are still able to answer.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letters to the editor: Further gun limits won’t ease violence
While I have been blessed to be a Maine resident, I am a Chicagoan: the city with the strictest gun laws in the USA. Gun registration and control — even direct prohibition — do not reduce gun violence. Concealed carry is illegal in the state of Illinois. Nor does the state recognize concealed-carry licenses issued […]
Posted inBusiness
Briefcase
Lighting problems prompt Mercedes C-Class probe U.S. safety regulators are investigating about 218,000 Mercedes C-Class luxury cars because the rear lights can fail and even catch fire. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the probe affects cars from the 2008 and 2009 model years. The agency says it has 21 reports of the brake […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Zimmerman verdict does not excuse dismissive police work
A teenager’s violent death deserves a thorough investigation and to be decided by a jury.
Posted inOpinion
Maine Voices: Flap over recruiter bill’s defeat distraction from more important issues
Gov. LePage should concentrate instead on job creation, health care access and school funding.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Banning blood donations from gay men is bad policy
Ensuring an adequate supply of safe blood calls for a change to the rules on who can donate.