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Continued debate over proposed MSD rate hike

2 years 1 month ago
There is opposition to the Metropolitan Sewer District’s proposed rate hike. MSD is raising $7.2 billion over 28 years for infrastructure improvements ordered under a federal consent decree for cleaner water.
Elliott Davis

5 Days Until Salute

2 years 1 month ago
Dr. Shawn A. Baker will be honored at the Salute to Excellence in Education Scholarship & Awards Gala on November 4, 2023.

Raw data: Threats against Congress

2 years 1 month ago
Since 2016 the number of threats against members of Congress has increased nearly 1,000%. However, it declined last year: Threat levels are still historically high but are down 22% from their peak in 2021. Is this good news? Maybe the lunatic fringe is finally calming down slightly?
Kevin Drum

Maine mass shooter's family reached out to sheriff 5 months before rampage, sheriff's office says

2 years 1 month ago
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Five months before the deadliest mass shooting in Maine’s history, the gunman’s family alerted the sheriff that they were becoming “concerned” about his deteriorating mental health while he had access to firearms, authorities said Monday. After the alert, the Sagadohoc County Sheriff's Office reached out to officials of Robert Card’s Army [...]
DAVID SHARP, ROBERT F. BUKATY, JAKE BLEIBERG and PATRICK WHITTLE, Associated Press