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Maine Will Soon Ban This Common Item That We Use Every Day
Every few years, we get a new Maine law designed to combat climate change and/or clean up our environment. A few years ago, it was a ban on "single use" plastic bags. I used quotes because most of us always re-used those plastic bags. They were super convenient for carrying lunch to work and for cleaning out the litter box. Right?
Mainers Heroically Prevent Bates College Bus from Falling Over the Edge
This will most likely be a first year these students will never forget. According to WGME, on Monday, September 2, a group of first-year Bates College students had a very close call on the side of a cliff. The incident occurred near Rangeley Lakes in Township C when, according to...
A Short Drive from Maine to Honor a New England Hero
In 1984, Christa McAuliffe was recruited by NASA for their teacher-in-space program. In media, she was beloved and admired. Her popularity tremendously amplified the heartache of the Challenger disaster in 1986. While there are tributes and memorials nationwide to the heroic Challenger crew who all tragically lost their lives when...
Maine state employees will each get $2,000 after complaint to Maine Labor Relations Board
State of Maine employees will receive a one-time payment of $2,000 after their union took action earlier this year to improve the state’s classification and compensation plans. After the Maine Service Employees Association SEIU Local 1989 filed a complaint with the Maine Labor Relations Board in February, the Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services […]
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.
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