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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PublishedAugust 7, 2023
Indigenous leader inspires an Amazon city to grant personhood to an endangered river
The Amazon city of Guajara-Mirim approved a law that designates the Komi Memem River ‘as a living entity and subject to rights.’
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PublishedAugust 7, 2023
Niger coup leaders refuse to let senior U.S. diplomat meet with nation’s president
The junta’s mutinous soldiers closed the country’s airspace and accused foreign powers of preparing an attack.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2023
Ukraine peace plan talks end in Saudi with few concrete steps
Moscow wasn’t invited and denounced the gathering as a ‘hoax.’
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PublishedAugust 7, 2023
Tribes hope Biden’s Arizona visit means long-sought Grand Canyon monument designation
Tribes in Arizona have been pushing President Biden to use his authority under the Antiquities Act of 1906 to create a new national monument.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2023
U.S. may phase in hydrogen tax credit in bid to balance industry, activists
Developers say a flexible approach is critical to driving tens of billions of dollars in potential investments, while environmentalists want qualifying hydrogen production to be tied to renewable power supplies.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2023
Boeing’s 1st astronaut flight bumped into next year, more repairs needed
NASA hired Boeing and SpaceX nearly a decade ago to deliver astronauts to and from the space station. SpaceX is now 3 years into its taxi service. Boeing has only had a pair of space test flights with no one aboard.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2023
Trucking giant Yellow files for bankruptcy after shedding 30,000 jobs
The freight hauler had experienced heavy losses as it battled with the Teamsters over a plan to restructure the company and refinance $1.3 billion in debt.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2023
U.S. government shutdown threat builds, imperiling soft landing for economy
The Fed will be making a key interest-rate decision in September and the increased likelihood of a prolonged shutdown could factor into that stance.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2023
Over 11,000 Los Angeles workers plan to strike, hoping to ‘shut down’ city
It’s the first strike of its kind for Local 721 in more than 40 years, and comes as hundreds of thousands of workers across various sectors recently have organized strikes, or narrowly avoided them.
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PublishedAugust 6, 2023
Conservative groups sue to block Biden plan canceling $39 billion in student loans
The suit is part of a wave of legal challenges Republicans have leveled at the Biden administration’s efforts to reduce or eliminate student debt for millions of Americans.
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