Cheers to Mainers reaching out to help Haitians grapple with the massive destruction and heartbreak from Tuesday’s earthquake. Mainers are a charitable lot, and many have been helping with outreach projects in Haiti for years, traveling to provide medical care, gathering food and supplies, organizing construction of homes and schools, and providing books in a […]

Cheers to Mainers reaching out to help Haitians grapple with the massive destruction and heartbreak from Tuesday’s earthquake. Mainers are a charitable lot, and many have been helping with outreach projects in Haiti for years, traveling to provide medical care, gathering food and supplies, organizing construction of homes and schools, and providing books in a […]

Later today, Maine’s Labor Committee will get its first look at LD 1665, “An Act to Prevent the Spread of H1N1.” The bill, if passed, would require companies — big and small — to provide sick time to employees. Lawmakers will likely hear impassioned pleas of workers who toil without benefit of sick days, and […]

Later today, Maine’s Labor Committee will get its first look at LD 1665, “An Act to Prevent the Spread of H1N1.” The bill, if passed, would require companies — big and small — to provide sick time to employees. Lawmakers will likely hear impassioned pleas of workers who toil without benefit of sick days, and […]

Rosa Scarcelli, Democratic candidate for governor, cleverly renamed the low road the high road Monday, announcing she will not take Clean Election Fund money, ostensibly to spare Maine voters the expense of her campaign. “I could not in good conscience take tax dollars to run my campaign knowing that every dollar I received was a […]

Rosa Scarcelli, Democratic candidate for governor, cleverly renamed the low road the high road Monday, announcing she will not take Clean Election Fund money, ostensibly to spare Maine voters the expense of her campaign. “I could not in good conscience take tax dollars to run my campaign knowing that every dollar I received was a […]

“Money is the mother’s milk of politics.” So said, Jesse “Big Daddy” Unruh, the colorful speaker of the California State Assembly in the 1960s and later state treasurer for 12 years. Maine Gov. John Baldacci hasn’t collected a cool political nickname yet, and with campaign finance laws as they are, money isn’t as big a […]

“Money is the mother’s milk of politics.” So said, Jesse “Big Daddy” Unruh, the colorful speaker of the California State Assembly in the 1960s and later state treasurer for 12 years. Maine Gov. John Baldacci hasn’t collected a cool political nickname yet, and with campaign finance laws as they are, money isn’t as big a […]

It was a brutal decade for American workers, and they are getting grumpy about it. A survey released Tuesday by the American Conference Board found the lowest level of job satisfaction since surveying began on the issue 22 years ago. Last year, 45 percent of working Americans said they were satisfied with their jobs, compared […]

It was a brutal decade for American workers, and they are getting grumpy about it. A survey released Tuesday by the American Conference Board found the lowest level of job satisfaction since surveying began on the issue 22 years ago. Last year, 45 percent of working Americans said they were satisfied with their jobs, compared […]