The U.S. Senate bill, S. 744, would unfairly treat legal and illegal immigrants the same way.
2013
Posted inBusiness
Box office defies gravity
With revenue just under $11 billion, the domestic movie biz is poised for its best year ever – though the number of tickets sold still hovers far below 2002’s record.
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Posted inBusiness
For filmmakers, tax incentives nail the scene
These days, Hollywood hardly has a lock on movie locations as competition goes global.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letter to the editor: ‘Personhood’ decision slights chimps
We should have known it would come to this (“Judges deny chimps ‘legal personhood,’ ” Dec. 13). In 2010, the Supreme Court, in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, effectively granted “personhood” to corporations like Walmart, Fox and Google. And now, some lower court judges in New York have denied chimpanzees the same privilege. In […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letter to the editor: Tar sands panel best left to the experts
There is no question that reducing tobacco use is a worthwhile community goal. Kids are healthier and do better in school, workers are more productive and health costs go down for all of us. Public health experts are constantly developing new and innovative strategies to prevent youth smoking, but giving the tobacco industry veto power […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letter to the editor: Minimum-wage opponent ignores greedy businesses
After reading Martin Jones’ Maine Voices column on the minimum-wage debate (“Increasing the minimum wage a bad way to help the working poor,” Dec. 18), I decided I would love to send him a Christmas Carol … the experience, that is. The genius that was Charles Dickens knew all too well that Mr. Jones’ view […]
Posted inNation & World, Religion and Values
Church official to seek release after conviction overturned
A court ruled that the law in the 1990s did not apply to the monsignor, who handled priest sex-abuse complaints.
Posted inNews
Press Herald Toy Fund still accepting donations to meet goal
The fund collects almost $109,000 so far, $4,000 more than last year’s total.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Vt. hospital makes changes that cut infection from catheters
Changes in technique and in pecking order – allowing nurses to challenge doctors – deliver results.
Posted inNation & World, News
Ex-exec charged with murder in N.H. car crash that killed young couple
Police say Robert Dellinger told them he was depressed and trying to kill himself on Dec. 7 when he drove his pickup across an I-89 median and into an oncoming car.