Meanwhile, Michael Cohen, the ex-president’s former attorney, testifies before a grand jury.
March 2023
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
EPA ‘good neighbor’ rule will cut downwind pollution by power plants
Nearly two dozen states will have to reduce industrial emissions to improve air quality for millions.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Exiled Chinese tycoon arrested in $1 billion fraud conspiracy
Guo Wengui is charged in court papers in New York under the name Ho Wan Kwok.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Texas announces takeover of Houston schools
It’s the latest example of GOP and predominately white state officials pushing for control in heavily minority and Democratic-led cities.
Posted inNation & World, News
Iran says 110 arrested over suspected schoolgirl poisonings
A lawmaker on a government panel investigating the incidents said earlier this month that as many as 5,000 students have complained of being sickened in 230 schools across 25 provinces.
Posted inNews
What will happen if medication abortion challenge succeeds?
In the latest effort to limit abortion access, opponents of the procedure are seeking to ban 1 of the 2 drugs used in combination in medication abortions.
Posted inMaine
New affordable housing complex for older Mainers opens in Old Orchard Beach
The developer behind the project, The Szanton Company, scrapped a similar project in Cape Elizabeth after significant pushback prompted a town referendum.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Portland schools face big cuts in summer school programming
But the district’s proposed investment in summer school would remain much greater than the pre-pandemic level.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Northeast digs out after some places blanketed by 35 inches of snow
In a dramatic overnight rescue, a search team located 2 hikers stranded in heavy snow in Massachusetts’ Mount Washington State Forest.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Ripples from the Silicon Valley Bank crisis touch Maine, but leave it unscathed
The second-largest bank failure in U.S. history affected technology companies, financial institutions and the public throughout the country.