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Layoffs in Maine and Nebraska

Fri, 02/06/2009 - 6:21pm — DCblogger

This post is for the benefit of Sen. Collins and Nelson. While you are fiddling, your states are burning.

Maine lawmakers eye Washington for budget help Good luck with that.

Millinocket Mill Layoffs

Katahdin Paper plan will affect at least 140

Furloughs proposed for UMS

City offers workers buyouts but no details on why

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What's the matter with Josh Marshall?

Thu, 05/01/2008 - 11:55am — joc

In the ongoing saga of WKJM, today's edition tries to answer the question, why did Hillary win Ohio and does it have anything to do with why she'll win Indiana and Kentucky? Not one to bury the lede, let me say that WKJM's answer is that there are a whole bunch of racists in those states.

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