Attorney General Maura Healey’s office said the nation’s biggest e-cigarette maker is responsible for ‘creating a youth vaping epidemic’ with deceptive advertising tactics designed to lure in teen users.
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Posted inNation & World, New England
Massachusetts woman who pressured boyfriend to kill himself will remain in prison
The U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from a woman who’s serving a 15-month sentence for her role in the 2014 death of her boyfriend.
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Posted inBusiness
Harvard Pilgrim plans to merge with Tufts Health Plan
The combined health insurance provider would serve nearly 2.4 million members in New England.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Support for Central Maine Power transmission line is misguided
A recent editorial in favor of the project fails to grasp what it would do to a globally significant forest region.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Editorials endorsing CMP plan overlook its many risks
Hydro-Quebec’s pact with the utility will cheat Maine ratepayers and plunder the state’s wild lands.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Climate is top concern in CMP powerline case
Gov. Mills is right to sign on to a deal that brings low-emission electricity to the region.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Life & Culture, Nation & World, News
Massachusetts medical device maker’s earnings up 17%
Boston Scientific Corp. increased its full-year earnings in 2018.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine
The Wrap: There’s a slew of new places opening
Plus a new brew and the return of a favored event.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: CMP power line won’t help the environment, and certainly not Mainers
It boils down to this: Massachusetts needed a new power source, but it didn’t want an unsightly transmission line in its backyard.
Posted inBusiness, Cops & Courts, Maine, News, Politics
Lawmakers consider sealing, erasing records of past cannabis convictions
Four Maine legislators are pursuing bills to clear some convictions for marijuana possession that today would be legal.