2018
Threatening Access for More Than 160,000 Mainers, LePage Joins ACA Suit
Since being signed into law by President Obama in 2010, the Affordable Care Act has allowed tens of millions of people across the country — and nearly 80,000 people in Maine — to access health insurance, and, by extension, affordable health care. Although it was wounded in a landmark 2012 U.S. Supreme Court case that […]
Never Time for Daylight Saving
I’m already dreading it. On Sunday, March 11, at 2 a.m., daylight saving time, the practice of moving our clocks forward one hour in the spring and backward one hour in the fall, will commence. When I wake on March 11 at my regular time — which will depend on the pub I was drowning […]
LETTERS
Time for LePage to Comply with Will of the Voters Maine voters approved the expansion of Medicaid with a 58.9 percent approval in the November 2017 election, but the Maine Department of Health and Human Services must provide a plan to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to begin offering this coverage to the […]
Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: I have been married two years, but my husband and I have been together for more than 10. We have a 3-year-old daughter who has needed a few extra doctor appointments and therapy. My husband makes it to none of these extra appointments, some of which are crucial to her future. We both […]
Man arrested, accused of stealing Frances McDormand’s Oscar trophy
LOS ANGELES A man was arrested and is accused of stealing Frances McDormand’s Oscars trophy after the Academy Awards on Sunday night, Los Angeles police said. Terry Bryant, 47, was arrested on suspicion of felony grand theft, said Officer Rosario Herrera, a police spokeswoman. Video captured by The Associated Press appears to show Bryant walking […]
General Mills selects S.D. farm for organic crop
MINNEAPOLIS General Mills announced a deal today to create South Dakota’s largest organic crop farm as the food giant works to secure enough organic ingredients to meet growing consumer demand worldwide. Gunsmoke Farms will convert 34,000 acres — more than 53 square miles — near Pierre to organic by 2020, giving it enough space for […]