A better-than-expected start to earnings reporting season also helped lift the market Wednesday.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine
Judge says he’ll rule soon on Portland hazard pay challenge but expects an appeal
No matter the ruling, the case will likely go to the state’s top court for a final decision.
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Posted inBill Nemitz, Maine, Op-eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: The day America blessed itself
Nothing captured Inauguration Day more poignantly than the sight of a soldier in prayer.
Posted inMaine, News
Defend Our Health calls for stricter guidelines when testing for PFAS; criticizes state approach
Patrick MacRoy, deputy director for Defend Our Health, joins other health advocates in calling upon the state to implement stricter and more thorough guidelines when it comes to testing water, food products and sludge for forever chemicals.
Posted inNews
Rescuers pull ice skater out of Thompson Lake in Oxford
Mark Simpson of Oxford was rescued and taken to a Norway hospital.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Chinese e-tycoon ends silence with online video
Billionaire Jack Ma disappeared from public view after he irked regulators by criticizing them in an Oct. 24 speech at a Shanghai conference.
Posted inSports
NBA roundup: Irving returns, but beaten by Cavs in 2 OTs, 147-135
Collin Sexton, who missed the last five games with a sprained ankle, scores 42 points as the Cavaliers prevail at home.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Portland school board backs proposal to suspend key English learners test
The board voted unanimously to support the decision to not administer the annual test this year over concerns about logistics and the value of the testing data during the pandemic.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Work on Keystone XL pipeline suspended before Biden revoked permit
The 1,700-mile pipeline would carry roughly 800,000 barrels of oil a day from Alberta to the Texas Gulf Coast.
Posted inNation & World
Biden puts U.S. back into fight to slow climate change as he signs series of executive orders
President Biden will rejoin the world climate accord and start undoing his predecessor’s rollbacks of climate-related regulations.