I just worry that it reinforces some of the negative stereotypes about workers in the public service: that they're bored and not interested in their work.

Obviously this is good news. Maine competes very well with financial service institutions, and I think this proves it.

It is a service that exploits the rigidities in pricing regimes, and regulators have a worry about that.

We have received expressions of interest from a large number of Continental fleet-service workers and customer-service agents.

Some of the Sago miners requested that the United Mine Workers be their representatives for the purposes of this investigation, and they have a right to be there.

Some of the Sago miners requested that the United Mine Workers be their representatives for the purposes of this investigation, and they have a right to be there. Together, the state and MSHA made a commitment to the families that we would conduct a fair, open investigation, and we decided we needed to take this extraordinary step to keep that commitment.