After several delays, Shipbuilders finally open up their season.
2021
Girls Basketball: Morse finding its way as season begins
After several delays, Shipbuilders finally open up their season.
Pelosi wants security money to protect against ‘enemy’ within House
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says more money is needed to protect lawmakers from threats of violence coming from an “enemy” within Congress
Landlords sue to block Portland rent control ordinance
The lawsuit says the measure that was passed by city voters in November shouldn’t be implemented and conflicts with state and federal laws.
Cicely Tyson, groundbreaking and award-winning actress, dies at 96
Tyson gained fame in the early 1970s, when Black women were finally starting to get starring roles.
Colby College announces Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Colby officials believe this is the first and only institute of its kind at a small U.S. liberal arts school.
Maine’s supreme court clarifies rules for holding psychiatric patients in emergency rooms
The court rules that a judge must be alerted within 24 hours if a psychiatric patient is to be held for an extended period during involuntary hospitalization.
As Biden seeks a turn on environment, Trump rules to linger
Longtime safeguards for U.S. bird populations that were stripped away by the Trump administration are among more than 100 business-friendly rules getting a second look under President Biden.
Housing secretary nominee pledges action to prevent home loss in pandemic
‘Whatever it takes, we cannot afford to allow people in the midst of a pandemic to be put in the streets,’ Housing secretary nominee Marcia Fudge told senators Thursday.
Novavax COVID-19 vaccine proves effective, but less so against variants
While studies are ongoing, the company is starting to develop a version of the vaccine that could more specifically target the mutations found in South Africa, in case health authorities eventually decide that updated dosing is needed.