SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Reporters predicted the wrong outcome in the census case. Did Ginsburg telegraph the actual outcome?
Carl Natale
Web editor for SunJournal.com
Posted inMaine, Nation / World, Politics
Susan Collins’ declaration as New England moderate challenged in Trump era
The Republican, who likely will seek another term next year, was a hero to liberals when she opposed repeal of the Affordable Care Act but outraged the left by her vote for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
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Posted inNation / World
Jim Beam warehouse burns in Kentucky
Two barrel warehouses filled with bourbon caught fire Tuesday night, with firefighters trying to contain the flames still burning in a facility holding about 45,000 barrels of Jim Beam. Woodford County Emergency Management Director Drew Chandler told local news station WKYT that crews were able to extinguish the fire in one warehouse, but a […]
Posted inNation / World, News
Florida declares war on iguanas
As the nonnative reptiles thrive with no natural predators, the state’s wildlife agencyencourages homeowners to kill them “whenever possible.”
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, News
Report: Nike pulls flag sneaker after Kaepernick complaint
Report: Nike is pulling a Betsy Ross’ flag-themed tennis shoe after former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick complained to the shoemaker
Posted inNation / World
Donald Trump paints dark picture of homelessness in cities: ‘We may intercede’
“Police officers are getting sick just by walking the beat,” Trump said.
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280 people a day land in ER for injuries from fireworks around July 4
The injuries most often affect hands and fingers. And sparklers can be dangerous, too.
Posted inOp-Eds, Perspective
Lou Gehrig and born on the Fourth of July
Independence Day: In the early years of our State it was one of only two legal holidays — the other being election day. (Christmas did not win such recognition until 1858). This year’s Independence Day is a special one, as the 80th anniversary of one of the more compelling testimonials in the annals of American […]
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
New legislation is proposed to aid organized labor
In recent decades, organized labor has been negatively impacted by the process of deindustrialization and the birth of a “new economy,” liberalized trade policies, global markets, global, corporations, global payrolls, and a renaissance of classical liberal economic ideology and pronounced employer resistance to organized labor. Such resistance is measured in part by demands for “flexibility” […]
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The 4th of July is our holiday — not Trump’s
We, the people, have been celebrating July Fourth for decades — and that’s how it should be. We don’t need to reframe D.C.’s celebration.