Three of the seven Androscoggin County commissioners are facing a potential recall vote for their views on not wearing masks during meeting at the county building.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Lewiston hospitals say they’ve followed changing state guidelines in vaccinating employees
Central Maine Medical Center and St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center say that their vaccination rollouts were within state and federal guidelines. Statements from both hospitals came after health systems across Maine have faced scrutiny over the prioritization of vaccine doses.
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Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine officials say they will take vaccine away from hospitals that violate guidelines
Gov. Janet Mills criticized MaineHealth on Tuesday for not following guidelines, calling it an ‘insult’ that the state’s largest health care organization gave doses to out-of-state contractors who came here to disrupt a union-organizing effort by nurses.
Posted inNation / World
Ex-Wisconsin pharmacist pleads guilty to vaccine tampering
Police arrested Steven Brandenburg as part of an investigation into how 57 vials of the Moderna vaccine, enough to vaccinate more than 500 people, were left for hours outside a refrigerator.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, Politics
Top CEOs to meet with Biden to discuss economic relief in COVID-19 package
The business leaders are expected to bring up the proposal to increase the minimum wage, 2 people familiar with the matter said.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Gov. Mills offers compromise to give tax break to 99% of business loan recipients
The proposal would extend full state tax relief to the first $1 million received by small businesses and nonprofits under the Paycheck Protection Program.
Posted inNation / World
The Latest: French nun survives COVID-19 at age 116
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.
Posted inMaine, News
Walmart, Sam’s Club to offer vaccinations at 24 Maine locations
Mainers who are 70 and older were expected to be able to start making appointments online Tuesday night.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
In vaccine rollout, 26 states have plans for teachers to get their shots. Maine isn’t one of them.
Teachers are defined as essential workers, a large group in Maine that also includes grocery employees, postal workers, agricultural and other food workers, and manufacturing employees.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Maine, News
MaineHealth defends decision to vaccinate administrative, remote staff despite state rules
But Maine Medical Center was wrong to vaccinate out-of-state consultants who were hired to help fight an effort to unionize nurses at the hospital, company officials say.