Jordan began working at the Portland Press Herald in February 2022 covering fisheries and civil litigation. Since starting her journalism career in 2013, she has worked as a staff reporter for Midcoast weeklies The Republican Journal, Camden Herald and Courier Gazette, covering a range of beats, and for The Portland Phoenix, covering education, business and the waterfront. Her articles have also appeared in The Maine Monitor and The Free Press. In 2016, her coverage of Maine State Prison was recognized by The New England First Amendment Coalition. Before writing for newspapers, Jordan worked for the MDI Biological Laboratory engaging students in eelgrass restoration and other projects of the Community Environmental Health Lab, as a marine science educator for Boston Harbor Islands National Park, and on the trail crew at Acadia National Park. She lives in Belfast with her husband, stepdaughters and two cats.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2023
Rescuers may soon try to remove a sick American researcher from 3,000 feet down in a Turkish cave
More than 170 people, including doctors, paramedics and experienced cavers, in teams from Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Poland and Turkey are involved in the rescue operation.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2023
Israel says it will reopen the main cargo crossing to Gaza on Sunday, a relief for Gazan producers
Palestinian fishermen, businessmen and rights advocates said the closure marked a form of collective punishment against Gaza’s 2 million people, including tens of thousands of laborers who heavily depend on exports to Israel and the West Bank to stay afloat.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2023
Online gig work is growing rapidly, but workers lack job protections, a World Bank report says
A World Bank report says online gig work is growing globally and is creating an important source of employment for women and young people in poorer countries where jobs are scarce.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2023
U.S. offshore wind slammed by runaway costs
While the Inflation Reduction Act provides at least $370 billion in grants, tax credits and other incentives for climate and clean energy projects, that’s proving no match for rising inflation and borrowing costs.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2023
UN secretary-general has urged the Group of 20 leaders to send a strong message on climate change
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres asked nations that are part of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to aim to reach net zero emissions of greenhouse gases by 2040 and for emerging economies to reach the same goal by 2050.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2023
Kroger grocery chain to pay $1.2 billion to settle opioid lawsuits
According to a lawsuit filed last month, although the Drug Enforcement Administration requires companies to flag suspicious orders of controlled substances, Kroger acted as a distributor and dispenser of the pills, and “continued to participate in the oversupply and profit from it.”
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2023
Poet Rita Dove to receive an honorary National Book Award medal for lifetime achievement
Besides the Pulitzer, she has received both a National Humanities Medal and National Medal of Arts, an NAACP Image Award, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize from the Poetry Foundation and a National Prize for Poetry from the Library of Congress.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2023
Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson launch fund with $10 million for displaced Maui residents
The pair were inspired by a similar fund set up by Dolly Parton after wildfires swept through Gatlinburg, Tennessee in December 2016.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2023
White House asks Congress to pass short-term spending deal, boost food aid
The federal government will shut down on Oct. 1 unless lawmakers either extend current spending or fund programs through next year.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2023
Texas high court allows law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors to take effect
Legal advocates who sued on behalf of the families and doctors, including the American Civil Liberties Union, called the law and the high court’s decision Thursday ‘cruel.’
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