WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Patriot Paving Group, owner could have prevented tragedy by heeding requirements * * * AUGUSTA, ME - A federal workplace safety investigation has found a Glenburn general contractor's decisions to ignore an onsite expert's repeated warnings and the company's own site-specific safety plan led to a fatal incident in June 2024. An employee suffered fatal cru  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Dec. 28 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following radio address on Dec. 27, 2024: * * * Famous anthropologist and author Margaret Mead once observed that New Year's is a "festival of transition, the point where end meets beginning...a celebration of the idea of time." In this period of transition between the old and the new year, I'm reflecting on everything Maine people have experienced these past 12 months and all the progress we've made together. In 2024, we met hi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service has released the following public communication on Dec. 23, 2024, from the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Connecticut: * * * To: Noller Herbert Deputy Chief of Science and Technology Natural Resources Conservation Service 1400 Independence Ave SW Washington, DC 20250 * Michael Strobel Acting National Climate Coordinator Natural Resources Conservation Service 1400 Independence Ave  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released the following written testimony by Louis DeJoy, postmaster general and CEO of the U.S. Postal Service, from a Dec. 5, 2024, hearing entitled "Oversight of the United States Postal Service: Understanding Proposed Service Changes": * * * (Continued from Part 2 of 3) Growth and cost reduction are at the heart of the DFA plan. Simply put, the DFA plan is not about contraction or only cost reduction. Th  more