A legal brief filed with the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals supports the city’s 6-year battle to preserve local authority in protecting air quality.
2021
Posted inNation & World, News
Supreme Court turns away florist who refused same-sex wedding job
By declining to hear the case, the justices left in place a decision that Arlene’s Flowers broke Washington state’s anti-discrimination laws.
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Trump’s company once cloaked him in gilded fame. Now it faces felonies, debt and a toxic brand.
The indictment adds to a growing pile of uncertainties about his company that experts say makes its future less clear than at any time since Trump’s collapse in Atlantic City and New York in the 1990s.
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Branson plans first space trip days before Bezos blasts off
Branson will evaluate the “private astronaut experience,” as Virgin Galactic prepares to offer flights to well-heeled customers in 2022.
Posted inNation & World
Voting rights ruling increases pressure on Democrats to act
The 6-3 ruling Thursday on a case out of Arizona was the second time in a decade that conservatives on the Supreme Court have weakened components of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Posted inScarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
Community events in Scarborough
The Blue Point Congregational Church, UCC Mission Committee is having a drive up – drop off food drive Saturday July 17, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 236 Pine Point Road in Scarborough. The event is to benefit the Scarborough Food Pantry. The West Scarborough United Methodist Church, located at 656 U.S. Route 1 […]
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Two Brunswick-based businesses win cash prize from Greenlight Maine
STARC Systems won $10,000 for coming in second place, and bluShift Aerospace was awarded $5,000 for third. Bixby Chocolate, a Rockland-based company, took first place and the $25,000 top prize.
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Boy Scouts’ bankruptcy plans anger some, welcomed by others
The Boy Scouts of America has reached an $850 million settlement to compensate sexual abuse victims.
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Maine lawmakers approve landmark recycling reform bill
If signed by Gov. Janet Mills, the bill would make private companies partly responsible for the cost of disposing of packaging waste and improving the state’s recycling system.
Posted inMaine, News
U.S. Supreme Court will take up Maine religious school tuition case
The plaintiffs are Maine families who want to use a public tuition reimbursement to send their children to Bangor Christian School and Temple Academy in Waterville.