The two sides agree to hold off on further tariffs as part of trade talks aimed at averting a crippling trade dispute involving the lucrative automobile market.
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Posted inMaine Cannabis Report, Nation & World, News, Politics
Marijuana bills increasingly focus on social justice
Supporters see an opportunity to repair decades of harm done to poor and minority groups disproportionately arrested for pot use.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics
Gov. Paul LePage joins move to overturn union vote at S.C. Boeing plant
Boeing, in a move supported by four governors, is asking the NLRB to block some employees from joining the International Association of Machinists.
Posted inMaine Crime, Nation & World, Politics
Juror screening begins in Paul Manafort’s fraud trial in Virginia
The judge tells the jury pool that the trial is expected to last three weeks as he prepares them for the types of pre-selection questions they’ll have to answer.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Money race for Blaine House tightens as Maine’s campaign season heats up
Democrat Janet Mills and Republican Shawn Moody both surpass $1 million in fundraising in their bid for governor, followed closely by independent Terry Hayes.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Waterville budget repeal effort falls short
A petition to repeal the $41.9 million budget garnered 268 signatures but needed 857 to reopen the budget.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Ivanka Trump will close down her fashion line, lay off 18 employees
Several stores have already dropped the clothing line, citing falling sales.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Legislative candidates ask judge to force LePage to release Clean Election funds
Advocates say the governor’s refusal to release $1.4 million is limiting the efforts of campaigns, mostly those of Democrats and the unenrolled.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics
White House plans to give $12 billion in aid to farmers hit by Trump tariffs
It’s the latest sign that growing trade tensions between the U.S. and other countries will not end soon.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump, Iran trade taunts as U.S. pressures regime
Trump’s all-caps tantrum doesn’t seem to have been prompted by any notable shift in rhetoric.