Go to main contentsGo to main menu
Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Ad

‘Wake up, America!’ – or ‘Wake up America!’

‘Wake up, America!’ – or ‘Wake up America!’
tauserwwwhaysfreepresswp-contentuploadssites2202211d62de7852bdc5b4b35087d91c9f0e480.jpg

Clarity is in short supply across America, but no longer at dairy farms in Maine.

In 2014, you see, drivers for a dairy company in Portland, Maine sued their employer for overtime pay because a state law pertaining to overtime-pay exemptions failed to include the Oxford comma.

What is the Oxford comma?

PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT. Our website requires visitors to log in to view the best local news. Not yet a subscriber? Subscribe today!
Ad
Check out our latest e-Editions!
Hays Free Press
Hays-Free-Press
News-Dispatch
Ad
Ad
Ad
Ad
Hays Free Press/News-Dispatch Community Calendar
Ad