Por: Portland Press Herald Opinion October 07, 2022
After more than a quarter-century, the door has opened a little wider for necessary improvements to Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library in Lovell, and public libraries across Maine. Let’s walk through that door, and see what we can accomplish. Our treasured library buildings need safety and accessibility upgrades. Congress has until mid-December to finish bills for fiscal year 2023, including a Senate appropriations bill that includes $20 million... + full article
Portland Press Herald USA Opinion October 10, 2022
The Indigenous tribes in Maine are second-class citizens. While 570 tribes across the country access beneficial laws passed by Congress, Maine’s tribes have been blocked from accessing many and must seek state permission to access others. Since the Maine Indian Claims... + más
Op-Ed: Online gambling from Prop. 27 wouldn't solve a bigger issue for California's tribes | Los Angeles Times
California tribes will manage, protect state coastal areas | WPLG Local 10
Portland Press Herald USA Nation October 09, 2022
Portland’s Cheverus High School is the first religious school in Maine to qualify for publicly funded tuition following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in a Maine school choice case this... + más
Maine OKs 1st religious school for tuition reimbursement | The Boston Globe
David Shapiro: US Supreme Court vs. states’ highest courts: We are giving kids the wrong message. | Chicago Tribune
Portland Press Herald USA Health October 08, 2022
A sign at the entrance of Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston in 2020 warns about the dangers of the influenza virus. Statistics on the flu from the Maine CDC show that the COVID-19 pandemic played a significant role in the decrease of confirmed cases over the last two... + más
Sheldon Jacobson and Janet Jokela: Will we have a severe flu season? It doesn’t need to be that way. | Chicago Tribune
‘Do I have to get a flu shot?’ Your flu questions answered | Orlando Sentinel
Portland Press Herald USA Nation October 08, 2022
State officials and lawyers with the ACLU of Maine will start discussing next week a potential settlement to a lawsuit that alleges Maine provides ineffective legal services to low-income people who need a lawyer at the state’s expense. Four settlement meetings between the... + más
Our View: Maine’s indigent legal services system cannot wait for help any longer | Portland Press Herald
Indigent defender commission sends emergency funding request to governor, lawmakers | Portland Press Herald
Portland Press Herald USA World October 02, 2022
A freedom library in Clarksdale, Miss., in September 1964. Courtesy of Zoya Zeman/University of Southern Mississippi Sally Belfrage dreaded answering the library’s phone. It was never someone asking about a mystery book or an upcoming story time that summer in 1964 – just... + más
Library blasted for swapping reading bear mascot with gender-neutral alien | New York Post
Freedom Caucus starts to turn up the pressure on GOP leaders | The Hill
New York Post USA Life September 30, 2022
Parents in the UK are debating over the right time to tell children about the birds and the bees — and whether aliens are gendered. England’s Hertfordshire Council is being blasted for swapping out its storytime library bear with a colorful, gender-neutral extraterrestrial.... + más
Taxpayers’ group attacks Scarborough library expansion proposal | Portland Press Herald
China's CATL, a Tesla supplier, considers expanding battery swapping business overseas | CNBC
Portland Press Herald USA Opinion September 25, 2022
The American Library Association and other organizations just observed Banned Books Week, which takes place annually in September. This year, librarians and educators in Maine felt the urgency of spotlighting our First Amendment rights more than ever before. As president of the... + más
Thousands of Maine people per day getting their booster doses | Portland Press Herald
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