Federal law now protects lesbians, gay men and transgender people from being fired or otherwise discriminated against at work. But there are more questions and court cases to come about their rights.
Carl Natale
Web editor for SunJournal.com
Posted inNation / World
Volunteers are lining up to be infected with the coronavirus
Known as human-challenge studies, these tests can hasten research by placing volunteers in the path of the virus, rather than waiting for accidental exposure.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
INTERACTIVE CHART: 1.5 million workers filing for unemployment aid is high but it’s falling
About 1.5 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, a historically high number, even as the economy increasingly reopens and employers bring some people back to work.
Posted inBusiness
Analysis: Restaurants will be back, I promise
Before covid-19, spending on dining out was starting to surpass spending on eating in. That should continue in the long run.
Posted inMaine Crime, News, River Valley
Two arrested in Rumford drug investigation
Derek A. Gerrish, 30, of Sanford charged second time in four months.
Posted inPerspective
How Donald Trump uses a crisis: Repeal rules while nobody is looking
Regulations affecting school lunches and the environment are being gutted.
Posted inPerspective
EPA decides to reject the latest science, endanger public health and ignore the law by keeping an outdated fine particle air pollution standard
The COVID-19 pandemic and economic shutdown have temporarily produced clearer skies across the U.S. Meanwhile, however, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been busy finding reasons not to pursue long-lasting air quality gains. On April 30, 2020, the agency published a proposed new rule that retains current National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter […]
Posted inLocal Sports, Maine
State to release moose permit winners at 6 p.m. Saturday
Moose lottery winners will be drawn and announced online. The results of the 2020 lottery drawing will be available online at 6 p.m. on SunJournal.com
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
VIDEO: Watch Friday’s Black Lives Matter protest in Lewiston and Auburn
Protestors march from Lewiston into Auburn and back Friday night.
Posted inNation / World, Perspective
Police unions and police misconduct: What the research says about the connection
The topic is understudied, but virtually all of the work that has been done points to the same conclusion.