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Press Herald
- U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree says federal officials are prohibiting attorneys from accompanying their clients to routine immigration appointments in Maine. In a letter Monday to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Pingree said town officials have been denied entry to the office and that such moves risk “deepening mistrust and eroding the very public confidence it requires to operate effectively.”
- U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King both refused to take questions from the media after a public appearance Monday at New Balance’s central Maine factory, an unusual development for two often-accessible elected officials. The Republican senator sidestepped reporters as her opponents called her out for “not (holding) a true town hall meeting since Bill Clinton was president.”
- As Maine charts increasingly hotter and longer summers, businesses across all industries are planning for more weather extremes — and its impact on their bottom lines. Some are already feeling the effects of hot days on worker productivity and customer demand. Extreme heat manifests in higher energy bills at food banks, art museums and movie theaters. It can mean lower blueberry crop yields, but also longer growing seasons and new opportunities. It brings the dangers of uncomfortable — or unsafe — working conditions for those most exposed to the sun. And while Maine’s temperatures largely remain workable, business leaders say they are watching the thermometer, and their electricity bills, in ways they never needed to before.