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Maine law thwarts impact of school choice decision, lawsuit says
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Christian school at the center of a Supreme Court decision that required Maine to include religious schools in a state tuition program is appealing a ruling upholding a requirement that all participating facilities abide by a state antidiscrimination law. An attorney for Crosspoint Church in Bangor accused Maine lawmakers of applying the antidiscrimination law to create a barrier for religious schools after the hard-fought Supreme Court victory. “The Maine Legislature largely deprived the client of the fruits of their victory by amending the law,” said David Hacker from First Liberty Institute, which filed the appeal this week to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston. “It’s engineered to target a specific religious group. That’s unconstitutional.” The lawsuit is one of two in Maine that focus on the collision between the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling and the state law requiring that schools participating in the tuition program abide by the Maine Human Rights Act, which includes protections for LGBTQ students and faculty.
Ernie Clark predicts local/high school football Week 1 winners
Ernesto's Surefire Prognostications are back for another year on The Ticket. Each week, Ernie will pluck 20 high school and local college games off the schedule and pick the winners before they happen. Here's who Ernie has coming out victorious this week - 11-player high school football - Thursday’s game:...
Maine's Largest City Becomes First on US East Coast to Back Israel Divestment
Lawmakers in Portland, Maine voted unanimously on Wednesday to divest public funds from "all entities complicit" in Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip, making the city the first on the U.S. East Coast to take such a step. Sponsored by the Maine Coalition for Palestine and the Maine chapter of Jewish Voices for Peace (JVP), the newly approved resolution contains a "divestment list" of more than 85 companies, from U.S.-based Chevron, Lockheed Martin, and Boeing to Israel-based Elbit Systems. The list also includes public entities such as Israel Bonds and state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries. "The city of Portland recognizes the ongoing humanitarian...
NewDay USA Fined $2.25 Million for Deceptive Lending
Company provided incomplete and misleading information to potential borrowers. A nonbank mortgage lender will pay a $2.25 million fine for deceptive and misleading practices that lured homeowners into cash-out refinance loans.
GameStop Turning Two Maine Locations into ‘Retro Stores’
GameStop is banking on the idea that what was once cool will be cool again. There was once a long stretch of time where vinyl records seemed impossible to find. The demand wasn't there and the music format appeared to be finished. But over the last decade or so, vinyl records have made a comeback. People want to own the physical form of music and vinyl has never been more popular.
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