Republicans who say an aide admitted a ‘cover-up’ are now calling for investigations into and the resignations of both Gov. Mario Cuomo and the aide.
Carol Semple
Posted inNation & World, New England
New Hampshire professor quits after posing as female immigrant on Twitter
Several people who reviewed the account before it was taken down late last year said it routinely contained racist, sexist and transphobic comments and images.
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Posted inHealth, Nation & World, Schools and Education
Strong evidence in-person schooling can be done safely, U.S. CDC says in new guidance
The president has been caught between competing interests as he works to get students in the classroom without spurning the powerful teachers unions that helped get him elected.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Chick Corea, pioneering jazz pianist who won 23 Grammys, dies at 79
A prolific pianist with dozens of albums, Corea in 1968 replaced Herbie Hancock in Miles Davis’ group, playing on the landmark albums ‘In a Silent Way’ and ‘Bitches Brew.’
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Biden hopes infrastructure projects can bridge partisan divide
The president’s campaign pledged that millions of jobs would flow from repairing roads, building electric vehicle charging stations, weatherizing buildings, improving access to public transit and updating the U.S. power grid to be carbon-pollution free by 2035.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Portland startup to lease part of former East Millinocket mill
The company will convert low-grade wood into a product used by farmers.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics
Sen. King proposes simplifying ‘Made in USA’ labeling standards
The independent Angus King of Maine joins with Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, who say businesses are currently hindered by a patchwork of differing state laws if they want to place a ‘Made in USA’ label on a product.
Posted inLocal & State
The hidden story of when 2 Black UMaine students were tarred and feathered
A humanities specialist at the University of Maine spent 5 years tracking down information about the Red Summer of 1919, the name given to the nationwide wave of violence against Black Americans that year.
Posted inNation & World, News
Top Michigan Republican stands by claim that Capitol riot was a ‘hoax’
Mike Shirkey previously came under fire for attending a rally with extremists, weeks after armed men entered the Statehouse to protest Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s coronavirus restrictions. Some were later charged in a plot to kidnap the governor.
Posted inLocal & State
Recently retired Calais police officer charged with giving drugs to teen, mom
A longtime Maine police officer who recently retired was arrested and charged with giving drugs to a teenager in a high school parking lot