The tax-free individual accounts are called ‘health reimbursement arrangements,’ and starting next year employees will be able to use them to buy their own individual health insurance plans.
Tim Allen
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Suicide bomber kills 9 in eastern Afghanistan
The Islamic State group claims responsibility for the attack, which killed 3 police officers and 6 civilians in Jalalabad.
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Trudeau to visit Trump next week to talk trade, China
The Canadian prime minister will travel to Washington to discuss ratification of the new North American trade agreement and China’s detention of two Canadians.
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Not to be outdone, Tyson Foods enters plant-based meat market
One of the world’s largest meat producers will begin selling nuggets made from pea protein at grocery stores this summer.
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Street outside NASA’s D.C. office renamed for ‘Hidden Figures’
It has been renamed ‘Hidden Figures Way’ to honor the black female mathematicians who helped send humans to the moon.
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Acquitted Knox back in Italy for wrongful conviction talk
The one-time American exchange student returns for the first time since an appeals court acquitted her in the murder of her British roommate.
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Medical pot laws no answer for U.S. opioid deaths, study finds
States passing medical marijuana laws saw a 23 percent higher than expected rate of deaths involving prescription opioids, according to the researchers.
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Canada to ban single-use plastics, Trudeau says
The government is considering items such as water bottles, plastic bags and straws.
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Pedestrian hit by car in Bowdoin
Raquel Lee, 41, of Bowdoin was struck on Doughty Road Friday night and transported to a Lewiston hospital by helicopter, authorities say.
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As Maine budget deadline nears, activists fight tax cuts for rich
Lawmakers continue budget talks as a deadline looms and liberal activists call for tax increases opposed by the Democratic governor.