A plan imposed by Louis DeJoy, a Republican fundraiser who took over the top job at the Postal Service in June, eliminates overtime for hundreds of thousands of postal workers and orders that mail be kept until the next day if postal distribution centers are running late.
Carol Semple
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Maine Catholic schools announce reopening plans
Public and private schools around the state have said they will follow safety protocols to limit spread of coronavirus.
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Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, Politics
National governors event planned for Maine will be moved online
The summer meeting of the National Governors Association had been scheduled to convene Wednesday in Portland.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Prosecutor seeking Trump’s taxes cites ‘possible criminal activity’ at his business
The Supreme Court last month rejected claims by the president’s lawyers that he cannot be criminally investigated while in office.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Parents struggle as some U.S. schools reopen amid coronavirus surge
Tens of thousands of students across the nation were set to resume in-person school Monday for the first time since March, some in states where the virus is spreading fast.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Last of 3 sentenced in fatal Millinocket home invasion gets life in prison
The last of three people charged in a deadly home invasion in Maine has been sentenced to life in prison
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Road trip? Quarantines mess with Americans’ travel plans
The restrictions, which vary greatly from state to state, are contributing to a sharp drop in travel, dealing a blow to a key industry.
Posted inNation & World, New England, Sports
Court overturns Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence
A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals orders a new penalty-phase trial on whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be executed for the attack that killed 3 people and wounded more than 260.
Posted inNation & World
At least 1 Marine dead, 8 missing after sea training accident
The Marines and a Navy sailor aboard an amphibious vehicle were involved in a routine military exercise when the vehicle started taking on water off the coast of Southern California.
Posted inNation & World
U.S. officials seek limits on ‘habitat’ for imperiled species
The Trump administration’s new definitions have broad implications for how lands are managed and how far the government has to go to protect plants and animals that could be sliding toward extinction.