The main culprit, of course, is market forces: stagnant wages, globalization, the China shock, automation and the rise of software. ..…

The main grant municipalities receive to help pay for their local schools – the Education Cost Sharing grant – would see a boost of $85.5 million over what municipalities are slated to receive this fiscal year. . ..…

Chronicle AM: Jail Populations Drop, Maine MJ Social Clubs Go Up in Smoke, More... (2/22/18) . by psmith, February 22, 2018, 04:27pm, (Issue #1011) . ... Maine Lawmakers Erase Social Consumption. Lawmakers working to get the state's legal marijuana industry off the ground have eliminated..…

During the 2016 elections, four states (Arizona, Colorado, Maine and Washington) approved minimum wage increases. . . . . . ..…

The attorneys from Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Virginia and Washington also joined in the brief.. ..…

Rather governments should work together to tackle inequality, poverty, exclusion, violence, insecurity, degradation and persecution as the main drivers of Central America... ..…