The sharing economy, including platforms like Lyft, Uber and Airbnb, present new and unique economic opportunities to the many Mainers who utilize these services. Unfortunately, the Legislature wants to tax these innovative operations out of existence. This session, the Joint Standing Committee on Taxation heard LD 1721, a proposal that would require sellers of online […]
2018
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Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: My psychiatrist’s office called and left a very sensitive voicemail about my bulimia on a message machine shared with other individuals. Our voicemails are sent transcribed to everyone’s email accounts. Since my complaint (which was an argument during which the nurse who left the private information hung up on me), human resources and […]
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White House: New policy won’t affect Trump’s son-in-law
WASHINGTON It’s a week of reckoning for White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and dozens of other officials who have been working without permanent security clearances for the better part of a year. Those who have been operating with interim access to top secret information since before June are set to see that access halted […]
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Report: Mass. students lead nation in AP exams
BOSTON Students in Massachusetts lead the nation in achievement on Advanced Placement exams, according to the nonprofit group behind the tests. More than 32 percent of Massachusetts students who graduated from public high schools last year scored a three or better on at least one test, according to a report released Wednesday by the College […]
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SpaceX delays satellite launch
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. SpaceX has postponed a satellite launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The company called off Wednesday’s pre-dawn launch due to strong upper-level winds. Liftoff of Spain’s PAZ radar-imaging satellite is rescheduled for 6:17 a.m. today. The timing of the launch has created expectations of a repeat of the […]
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DEATH NOTICE
PETERBOROUGH, N.H. — Constance Porter, 89, of Peterborough, died peacefully at her home at Rivermead on February 16, 2018. She was born in Milford, Mass., on August 1, 1928, the daughter of Herbert Charles Wright and Emily Smith Grant. A celebration of Constance’s life will be held at The Village at Rivermead in the Pub, […]
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Tearful student asks Trump, ‘How do we not stop this?’
WASHINGTON Spilling out wrenching tales of lost lives and stolen security, students and parents appealed to President Donald Trump to set politics aside and protect America’s school children from the scourge of gun violence. Trump listened intently to the raw emotion and pledged action, including the possibility of arming teachers. “I turned 18 the day […]