PORTLAND — It all came down to a missing comma, and not just any one. And it’s reignited a longstanding debate over whether the punctuation is necessary. A federal appeals court decided this week to keep alive a lawsuit by dairy drivers seeking more than $10 million in an overtime pay dispute. It concerned Maine’s overtime […]
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Gerry E. Henry
GREENE — Gerry Henry, 79, of Greene but a longtime resident of Turner, passed peacefully away at his home Tuesday, March 14. He was born in Rochester, N.H., on April 27, 1937. He attended Turner schools and graduated from Leavitt Institute in 1955, and later attended Bliss College. He then went on to proudly serve […]
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L.L. Bean reports level sales; workers get 3% bonus
FREEPORT — Outdoors specialty retailer L.L. Bean says sales were flat for a second straight year in 2016 – a year in which the family-owned company weathered a boycott over a relative’s political contributions in support of President Donald Trump. Revenues reached $1.6 billion for the fiscal year. The Freeport-based company had been on a […]
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Legislators close to deal on Real ID for Maine
AUGUSTA — A Maine legislative committee neared a deal on Thursday that would bring the state into compliance with a federal identification program that the state has spurned for a decade over privacy concerns. The proposal has been fought by Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, who has aimed to preserve a 2007 law that […]
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Maine Board of Education backs Robert Hasson as education commissioner
A state board unanimously signed off on Gov. Paul LePage’s nominee to keep leading the Department of Education. The Board of Education’s effusive letter supporting the governor’s nomination of Acting Education Commissioner Robert Hasson to that permanent position led LePage to announce the nomination on Thursday. The governor announced his intent to nominate Hasson last month. His appointment is […]
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Analysis: How Trump's budget could affect Maine
President Donald Trump’s budget outline released this week is drawing mixed to negative reviews from Maine’s congressional delegation on how it would change the order of business for many government programs. The outline is a stunning reprioritization of the discretionary spending for departments and agencies that makes up about one-third of federal spending. Mandatory spending, such […]