Maine group: Tax helps keep health care affordable (INO News)

Published - 10/06/2008 03:06 PM

(AP:PORTLAND, Maine) A coalition trying to convince voters to keep a newly enacted tax on beer, wine and soda urged Mainers on Monday to find another way to show their frustration over taxes than to repeal funding that they say could leave Mainers without health coverage. 

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Maine people's veto 'air war' a one-sided affair (Boston Globe)

Published - 10/04/2008 10:39 AM

Lopsided referendum campaigns targeting the Legislature have happened before and the latest -- a people's veto effort to undo new tax funding for Maine's Dirigo Health subsidized insurance program -- has business interests on the attack with a steady flow of pro-repeal ads. 

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Hiring a kid for lawn work? Check your insurance (Bangor Daily News)

Published - 10/06/2008 12:10 AM

Q. When I was a kid, I made money by mowing lawns and shoveling snow. Now that I’m old enough to want to hire some kid to do the same for me, my wife says we can’t, that we have to hire professional services with their own insurance, or we could be sued if a kid got hurt. Has it really come to this? 

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Baldacci: Maine outlook bleak (The Lewiston Sun Journal)

Published - 10/05/2008 04:13 AM

AUGUSTA (AP) - Even before the national financial crisis, things were looking bleak in Maine due to the slowing housing market, job losses and record-high oil prices, Gov. John Baldacci said in his weekly radio address Saturday. 

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Collins snags small-business endorsement (Bangor Daily News)

Published - 10/07/2008 10:02 AM

BREWER, Maine — Calling her re-election “critical to the small business owners” in Maine, the National Federation of Independent Business on Monday endorsed Susan Collins over her challenger, Tom Allen, in Maine’s U.S. Senate race. 

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Eli Lilly settles Zyprexa investigations (CNN Money)

Published - 10/07/2008 11:09 AM

Drugmaker to pay $62 million to 32 states following lawsuits that focused on marketing of antipsychotic medication. 

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Eli Lilly settles Zyprexa inquiries in 32 states (AP via Yahoo! News)

Published - 10/07/2008 10:50 AM

Drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co. cleared another legal cloud hanging over its top-selling drug Zyprexa when it announced a $62 million settlement Tuesday, but several other storms are still brewing for the antipsychotic medication. 

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Governor: Maine Not Immune From Stumbling National Economy (WMTW Auburn)

Published - 10/04/2008 10:00 AM

Maine's economy is slowing because of the slowing housing market, job losses and record-high oil prices, the governor says. 

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Eli Lilly Settles Zyprexa Inquiries In 32 States (CBS News)

Published - 10/07/2008 09:12 AM

Eli Lilly & Co. said Tuesday it will pay $62 million to resolve investigations into the marketing and promotion of its antipsychotic drug Zyprexa in 32 states and Washington, D.C. 

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Eli Lilly settles Zyprexa inquiries in 32 states (San Francisco Chronicle)

Published - 10/07/2008 09:07 AM

Drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co. cleared another legal cloud hanging over its top-selling drug Zyprexa when it announced a $62 million settlement Tuesday, but several other storms are still brewing for the antipsychotic medication. Lilly agreed to pay 32 states and... 

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