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Augusta-area technical students take part in Totally Trades Careers, an event aimed at girls across the state
The annual Maine Department of Education event, created to connect more girls to trades careers, went virtual this year.
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Students Emily York, left, Emma Shaw, Megan Wright and Hanna Spitzer gather Friday at Capital Area Technical Center in Augusta.
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AUGUSTA When Emily York’s eighth grade teacher told the boys in her class about the great opportunity a career in trades would be, it only made her want to be a master electrician even more in order to prove him wrong.
One Year Later: The Effects of Hawai‘i’s Illegal Short-Term Rental Ban
Illegal vacation rentals have worsened Hawai‘i’s affordable housing shortage while contributing to an overrun of high-impact, low-spending visitors. One year after a law limiting the short-term rentals passed, we check in on its effects.
October 8, 2020
Hopes were high when a bill with real teeth passed last August; then COVID-19 hit. Now, a year after the short-term vacation rental law took effect at a time when thousands fear eviction from their homes quarantine breakers are complicating enforcement and global host platforms are embedding themselves in county governments.