Solar panels in Damariscotta, Maine. (Evan Houk/ Maine Morning Star) Maine residential and business utility customers will start to see increases in their energy bills Monday. The reasons behind the hike are multifaceted but the short-term jump is part of a long-term plan that policymakers hope will reduce and stabilize energy costs as Maine transitions […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Business is good at “the firm.” The eight-person team at the State Department is leading Washington’s efforts to ease the economic blowback for countries targeted by China. It emerged in the scramble to help Lithuania during a spat with China over Taiwan two years ago. Today, “the firm” is helping growing numbers […]
WASHINGTON ― Donald Trump attacked one of his top allies on Capitol Hill, Sen. Lindsey Graham, on Monday after the South Carolina Republican and other conservatives criticized Trump’s comments on abortion earlier in the day, in which he declined to take a position on federal legislation limiting the procedure. “Senator Lindsey Graham is doing a […]
In November, Casandra “Cassie” Ventura filed a federal lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs in New York federal court. Her lawsuit includes graphic claims of sexual assault, physical abuse, and an allegation that Combs, her ex-boyfriend, would force her to have sex with male sex workers while he watched. Ventura’s claims are among the worst, but […]
Is Taylor Swift pop music’s last great troublemaker? Or has it always been the done thing for the Time magazine person of the year to use their illustrious anointing to air old beef? For the magazine has indeed chosen Swift as the 2023 Time person of the year. The global music phenomenon joins the roll […]