Rowe Settles School Bus Merger Case

September 26, 2007

Maine Attorney General Steve Rowe announced today that his office has settled a caseinvolving an antitrust challenge to the merger of the two largest school bus contractorsin the nation, FirstGroup (also known as First Student, Inc.) and Laidlaw International,Inc. Over the past decade, Maine school districts, like their counterparts around theUnited States, have increasingly turned to private contractors to provide transportationto the students and families they serve. ... Full Article

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