A decision to overrule Roe would lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states, spark new efforts in Democratic-leaning states to protect access to abortion.
Carol Semple
Posted inNation & World
Russia storms Mariupol steel plant as some evacuees reach safety
How many Ukrainian fighters were holed up inside was unclear, but the Russians put the number at about 2,000 in recent weeks, and there were reports that 500 were wounded.
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Posted inNation & World, New England
Supreme Court rules against Boston over refusal to fly Christian flag
Justice Stephen Breyer wrote that ‘the city’s lack of meaningful involvement in the selection of flags or the crafting of their messages leads us to classify the flag raisings as private, not government, speech.’
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Owner of the Shawmut Dam on Kennebec River to make changes to try to save salmon
Brookfield Renewable U.S. said Monday that it has begun shutdown procedures for dams on the lower Kennebec River to help the salmon migrate.
Posted inLocal & State
Navy still mum about extent of vandalism on submarine at Kittery shipyard
An earlier statement said only that ‘government equipment’ on the USS Texas was damaged around March 29.
Posted inNation & World
Hundreds of U.S. urban areas will be reclassified as rural with new Census criteria
That matters because urban and rural areas qualify for different types of federal funding.
Posted inHealth
Maine to update reimbursement rates to help struggling health centers
MaineCare’s reimbursement rates were set almost 20 years ago.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Russia releases U.S. Marine veteran as part of prisoner exchange
The U.S. returned Konstantin Yaroshenko, a Russian pilot who’d been serving a 20-year federal prison sentence in Connecticut for conspiracy to smuggle cocaine into the U.S.
Posted inLocal & State
Maine, with region’s highest smoking rate, funds cessation
Almost 18% of adults in Maine use cigarettes.
Posted inNation & World
Biden pardons former Secret Service agent and 2 others
The president also commutes the sentences of 75 others for nonviolent, drug-related convictions as the White House launches a series of job training and reentry programs for those in prison or recently released.