5 years ago
Legislature passes bottle redemption center bill
The Maine Senate unanimously enacted a bill on May 8, written by Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, to support redemption centers.
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5 years ago
‘I just wanted to protect my friends’: Brewer man recounts downtown Bangor shooting
If the bullet had been an inch or two lower, Jim Parent might well be dead.
5 years ago
Trade row deepens as China ups tariffs on $60 billion in US goods
Deepening its trade war with the U.S. and sending world financial markets into a slide, China announced higher tariffs Monday on $60 billion worth of American goods in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s latest penalties on Chinese products.
5 years ago
What got rural young people in New Hampshire to want to return home later in life
Whether people in rural, northern New Hampshire return to their home county later in life doesn’t just depend on their perception of the job prospects there but whether they thought adults listened to them in their youth.
5 years ago
Maine joins multi-state lawsuit that alleges price fixing by drug makers
Maine’s attorney general joined a 44-state lawsuit against 20 generic drug manufacturers and 15 individuals alleging they conspired to artificially inflate and manipulate prices for more than 100 different generic drugs, including treatments for diabetes, cancer and arthritis.
5 years ago
US-Canada border transfers raise fear of delayed crossings
Hundreds of border agents from across the U.S. are being temporarily transferred south ahead of the busy summer tourism season, worrying those along the northern border who rely on cross-border commerce who fear their Canadian customers could be caught in backups at border crossings.
5 years ago
It’s a long shot, but a record-breaking snow could fall over Bangor on Tuesday
If you’re up early enough Tuesday morning, you could wake to see a sight that you thought was behind us: snow.
5 years ago
New study finds Maine patients with private insurance pay nearly 3x what Medicare patients would pay
A new study on hospital prices from the RAND corporation finds that patients with private insurance in Maine pay nearly three times what Medicare would pay for the same service.
5 years ago
Doctors quit EMMC as changes leave less time with patients, push morale to ‘all-time low’
At least eight doctors are resigning from Bangor’s Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center amid a push by the hospital to reduce their ranks, cut their benefits and have fewer doctors work each day, forcing those on duty to see more patients in a shift.
5 years ago
Defense Secretary says military won’t leave ‘until the border is secure’
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan visited a border city in Texas on Saturday and said he intends to accelerate planning to secure the border and bolster the administration’s ability to accomplish that without the Pentagon’s continuous help.
