The Portland City Council has voted to penalize commercial property owners if storefronts are vacant for over six months unless…
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Voters in Portland will be asked this November if they would like to see the city’s minimum wage increase to…
The U.S. Treasury Department is sounding the alarm on sprawling Chinese money laundering networks that officials say are moving hundreds…
Boston radio talker Howie Carr landed the first interview with acquitted media star Karen Read – but Read’s No. 1…
The Maine Supreme Court has ruled against Bath Iron Works (BIW) and the Maine State Chamber of Commerce in their…
Three subsidiaries of a major cannabis company filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing a network of out-of-state manufacturers and local smoke…
Northern Light Health announced Tuesday that their leadership is now open to engaging in mediation with Anthem Blue Cross Blue…
Augusta Republicans issued a statement Monday morning in response to the news that ModivCare—the out-of-state company awarded a multi-million dollar…
If you’re still worried that your Maine lobster will feel pain when you toss it into boiling water, relax. Now…
An out-of-state company that was previously awarded a multi-million contract by the State of Maine to provide transportation to MaineCare…
Maine’s unemployment rate for July came in at 3.2 percent, roughly one percentage below the regional average for New England.…
After filing for bankruptcy over two years ago and becoming an online-only storefront, Bed Bath and Beyond Home has now…
Jeff Bezos wants a piece of rural Gorham – but the natives aren’t buying it. Amazon got the council’s green…
Novartis, a New Jersey pharmaceutical company, has sued the State of Maine over new regulations imposed earlier this year on…
Popular food manufacturer Kellogg’s has signed a legally binding agreement to remove all toxic dyes from its products by the…
A couple who has been trying to buy an historic Camden storefront says they’re caught in the middle of a…
Two decades ago midcoast fisherman Gary Thorbjornson went to sea and met the fate that befalls too many in his…
Maine lobstermen, fishing with rope-connected traps since time began, may be forced by “environmentalists” to go high-tech to access waters…
Maine’s Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) Benefits Authority announced Thursday that it will be holding a meeting next month…
Many Mainers will likely see the cost of their health insurance increase by double-digits next year in what regulators are…
Mainers are facing the highest year-over-year energy rate increase in the nation, surging by over a third, according to a…
A supermarket sale flyer denying Maine customers a discount on a gallon of milk has lit a fire under free-market…
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced a contract awarded to Bath Iron Works on Thursday for the construction of a new…
A bitter contract dispute in federal court is shining an unflattering spotlight on a booming, under-regulated corner of America’s hemp…
Maine’s legal cannabis programs prohibit individuals with “disqualifying drug offenses” from becoming licensed business operators in either the adult-use recreational…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) has signed a bill into law prohibiting pharmacies from selling tobacco products beginning in April…
Despite a relative flatlining of year-on-year real estate prices nationwide, Maine home sales are up from where they were last…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) has allowed a bill establishing net neutrality to become law in Maine without her signature. Sponsored…
Democrat Gov. Janet Mills naively picked a berry real fight hopping into a farmer’s field to promote blueberry weekend. When…
Maine’s unemployment rate has remained steady in recent months, coming in at 3.3 percent in June. The seasonal increase in…
As tony Yarmouth celebrates its annual clam festival this weekend, a clam shack down south in Sanford is throwing in…
Maine’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has launched an effort to support the production of renewable energy on agricultural land contaminated…
The Maine Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday morning in the case against the Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) over…
Negotiations between Northern Light and Anthem have reportedly stalled as the expiration date of their current contract quickly approaches at…
The state’s top tourism association official says Maine is on par for a great season – tariffs or no tariffs.…
One of Maine’s largest health care providers has announced that it will be taking steps to reduce costs as it…
Maine lawmakers unanimously rejected a Democrat-led effort to ban dynamic pricing in restaurants and grocery stores throughout the state. Although…
Political leaders in Maine’s largest municipal welfare magnet have a new idea for pretending that public drug use and urination…
Maine’s unemployment rate remained steady in May at 3.4 percent, according to new data from the Maine Department of Labor…
If only he were able to gnaw through his ankle bracelet, the Liver King could quit the Texas heat for…
Maine lawmakers have adjourned for the session without making a decision on a bill that would open the door for…
A proposed tax hike on Maine’s millionaires designed to increase funding for public pre-K-12 education has been carried over into…
After receiving unanimous, bipartisan support, Maine lawmakers have largely reversed course on a series of programs designed to bolster the…
Homes in Maine are 6.52 percent more expensive right now than they were at this same time last year, selling…
Some major Chinese companies are attempting to gain a foothold in new markets such as Brazil, the New York Times…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed the $320 million supplemental budget into law Monday that contains a number of increased taxes…
An “environmental” organization promoted by Maine’s legacy press complaining about paper-mill emissions apparently forgot about its opposition to not just…
Both the House and Senate have failed to adopt a measure that would have authorized cities and towns throughout Maine…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) has signed a bill into law adding new penalties and enforcement measures to Maine’s new Paid…
High income Mainers may soon be paying a bit more in state taxes, thanks to revenue-hungry Democrats. After being held…
House Speaker Ryan Fecteau (D-Biddeford) has slipped a tax change into the spending bill Democrats will pass before adjourning the…
College graduates who immigrated to the U.S. on student visas earn substantially more than their native-born counterparts, according to an…
After considering several iterations of the same bill, a measure requiring governmental entities that charge credit card fees to accept…
By Chad Grignon Ask any Maine business owner, and they’ll tell you one of the hardest parts of operating in…
Lawmakers have voted this week to restructure the Maine’s income tax brackets to impose a higher tax rate on the…
The Maine State Legislature has unanimously approved a bill increasing the number of children for whom childcare providers may be…
The Maine House passed a net neutrality bill Wednesday with bipartisan support, as three Republican lawmakers crossed party lines to…
A Harpswell Democrat’s bill to levy an additional four percent tax on income earned over $1 million in order to…
After rejecting a number of bills aimed at repealing or amending Maine’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) Program…
The Maine House of Representatives considered an additional series of bills during Monday’s session pertaining to the state’s new Paid…
The Maine House narrowly passed a bill on Monday that will make life and work more difficult for Mainers employed…
Flight Deck Brewing in Brunswick is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division for…
House lawmakers in Augusta rejected two bills during Monday’s session taking aim at Maine’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave…
Maine’s attempt to establish a so-called student wage has been rejected along nearly partisan lines in the State Legislature. Under…
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump (R) will temporarily be allowed to continue collecting tariffs under…
Starting this month, the state of Maine has begun rolling out new license plates featuring a nod to the 1901…
President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Tuesday to celebrate Maine fishermen and to discuss his work to remove…
In the wake of famed Rockland world-champion canner Rita Willey’s golden sardine era, Maine’s shuttered canneries have taken far-divergent directions…
Lawmakers on the Legislature’s tax committee are expected to unanimously reject a bill that would impose an additional four percent…
Governor Janet Mills (D-Maine) is signaling her disapproval of the Trump Administration’s rocky relationship with Canada by using taxpayer funds…
Lawmakers in Augusta have unanimously rejected the Democrat-led effort to eliminate a clause in the state’s new Paid Family and…
Lawmakers have rejected two bills introduced with the intention of expanding employment opportunities for young Mainers. While LD 618 would…
Almost everyone agrees doing business in Maine is much harder than it needs to be. According to the Maine Jobs…
The Legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs (VLA) Committee heard a number of regulatory proposals for the cannabis industry on May…
Democratic lawmakers in Augusta have brought forward a bill that looks to enact a statewide prohibition on “dynamic pricing” in…
A Democratic lawmaker has proposed allowing cities and towns throughout Maine to adopt a local option sales tax on adult…
Maine lawmakers are divided over a proposal to do away with the cost-of-living adjustment for the state’s minimum wage. Under…
Lawmakers in Augusta considered a series of bills Thursday afternoon pertaining to the regulation of Maine’s sometimes corybantic cannabis industry.…
By Matthew Cortez As inflation cuts into Mainers’ savings, individuals and businesses are actively seeking ways to protect their hard-earned…
The number of homes available for sale in Maine has increased substantially since last year, and home prices have also…
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Gov. Janet Mills (D) has signed a bipartisan bill into law prohibiting banks from charging customers a fee for opting…
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Imagine two nuclear-armed, global superpowers sleepwalking into a war that would, by conservative estimates, cost at least 10,000 American lives…
Maine’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) Program was the center of sustained attention Wednesday afternoon in Augusta as…
A Guilford-based business is touting a simple trick to avoid disruptions caused by President Donald Trump’s tariffs and trade negotiations:…
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President Donald Trump moved to reinvigorate the U.S. seafood industry and restore U.S. dominance on Thursday with an executive order…
When anti-Trump Maine businesses called a news conference recently to lobby against the administration’s proposed and imposed tariffs, the fawning…
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will begin chip production at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s (TSMC) facility in Arizona, marking the first…
President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on tariffs for roughly 75 countries that did not issue retaliatory tariffs, and…
Lawmakers on the Taxation Committee have unanimously rejected two bills that would have imposed new taxes on the cost of…
The Consensus Economic Forecasting Commission (CEFC) on April 1 revised its economic outlook for Maine, signaling slower growth ahead through…
Maine has been found to have the fourth highest total tax burden in the country, according to a new study…
Could Maine become the site of a radical uptick in black market tobacco sales? If the experience of a nearby…
Republican lawmakers are taking steps to make Maine’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave Program voluntary. Currently, all employers and…
The legislature’s Committee on Labor held a public hearing on Tuesday for a bill from Rep. Valli Geiger (D-Rockland) to…
A new bill introduced this week looks to amend the laws governing Maine’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML)…
A public hearing has been scheduled next week for a bill that aims to support Maine’s hospitality industry by eliminating…