With 20 communities already restricting them, and more on the way, the state may take California’s environmental cue.
2019
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Nation / World, News
Maine companies send workers to Boston for health care at ‘fraction of the cost’
Competition among metro-area hospitals pulls prices down, but the outsourcing of patients leads to higher costs in Maine.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, Nation / World, News
Across Maine, prices for the same medical procedures are often staggeringly different
Low patient volumes and scarce competition among providers help make the state one of the most costly for health care in the U.S.
Posted inOp-Eds, Perspective
Response to child abuse: Too little, too late?
The power of religion, despite the decline in the number of practitioners, must be strong if there are still people today who believe and practice in spite of the scandals within major religions. Especially sexual scandals. In the past week, Pope Francis has convened a Vatican summit to address the issue of priests and bishops sexually […]
Posted inbPlus
Christopher Elliott: Hotel guests baffled by after-the-fact damage charges
Christopher Elliott’s column about after-the-fact damage charges by hotels
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Fareed Zakaria: Democrats can’t be casual about the facts
In his syndicated column, Fareed Zakaria warns Democrats to not be casual about the facts.
Posted inbPlus
Mystery photo for February 24, 2019
If you can identify where this photo was taken, contact us at [email protected] or call 689-2896 and leave a voice mail with your answer, your name, town and phone number. Correct entries will be eligible for a drawing for a $20 gift card, courtesy of Hannaford Supermarkets. Find the Mystery Photo online at www.sunjournal.com/bplus.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts Jr.: First Amendment gets trampled in Florida school
Leonard Pitts Jr. writes about how an 11-year-old black boy in Lakeland, Florida, was arrested for refusing to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Virgo: Put emotions aside when making decisions
Eugenia Last’s horoscope column for February 24
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Marc Thiessen: Amazon blow up shows Ocasio-Cortex is an economic illiterate
Marc Thiessen column berating Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.