Governor Janet Mills proposed $300 relief checks in her final State of the State Address, targeting affordability issues amidst her campaign against Senator Susan Collins. Despite the speech’s theatrical elements and partisan reactions, Matt argues that governors lack the “bully pulpit” influence of presidents. They criticize Mills’ proposal as ineffective, citing state-created affordability issues and questioning the rationale behind relief checks. Matt suggests that Mills’ speech is more about political optics than substantive policy, especially given her primary challenge from political newcomer Graham Platner.
National Transportation Safety Board members were deeply troubled Tuesday over years of ignored warnings about helicopter traffic dangers and other problems, long before last year's midair collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army Black Hawk, which killed 67 people near Washington, D.C.
More widespread record cold temperatures were forecast for Tuesday, with eastern Texas through western Pennsylvania under extreme cold warnings, according to the National Weather Service.
