Bill Bob Faulkingham, the Minority Leader in the Maine State House of Representatives, faces fines for employing a 14-year-old on a lobster boat in 2024. He accused Governor Janet Mills’ administration of political bias. The Labor Department fined him $3,500, reduced to $1,000 after an appeal. Faulkingham represented by former Minority Leader Josh Tardy, is running for a state senate seat. The speaker criticized Maine’s child labor laws, sharing personal experiences of valuable early work, and argued that current laws hinder children’s practical learning and work ethic development.
Looking back, gubernatorial candidate Dean Roy says his political ambitions started in the eighth grade. And by that he means, last year.
After working as a legislative page at the Vermont Statehouse, the 14-year-old freshman at Stowe High School now has his sights set on the corner office.
After a two-month absence sparked by her 84-year-old mother's apparent abduction, Savannah Guthrie will return to NBC's "Today" show next month, saying in an interview that aired Friday "joy will be my protest."
A woman in Indiana who put off dental surgery because she doesn't know if she can afford the copay. A Florida couple with young children who are depleting their savings. A grandmother in Idaho who plans to sell her car to pay the rent. They are among the tens of thousands Transportation Security Administration officers set to receive another $0 paycheck this week.
Two people were killed and several others badly hurt when an Air Canada regional jet struck a fire truck on a runway while landing at New York's LaGuardia Airport, officials said.
