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The bill's pillar is about $375 billion over 10 years to encourage industry and consumers to shift from carbon-emitting to cleaner forms of energy, hailed by experts as Congress' biggest climate investment ever.

For months, fighting and a Russian blockade meant grain produced in Ukraine, known as the world's breadbasket, piled up in silos, sending food prices sky-high and leading to hunger in Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia.

Supply-chain issues have further driven up the price of carbon dioxide, which is used in several aspects of brewing.

New Zealand closed its borders in early 2020 as it sought at first to eliminate COVID-19 entirely and then later to control its spread.

An afternoon pullback left stock indexes on Wall Street mixed, erasing most of their morning gains following another encouraging report about inflation.

Parker Redlevske is a 14-year-old with an aptitude for technology who raised $15,000 to open a technology repair franchise in Waterville.

It's unclear how many restaurants will reopen and how many employees will go back to work.

The crux of the long-delayed bill is to use incentives to spur investors to accelerate the expansion of clean energy such as wind and solar power, speeding the transition away from the oil, coal and gas that largely cause climate change.

A judge has declared a mistrial in a dispute over partial liability for Flint, Michigan's lead-contaminated water.

The inflation data may cause the Federal Reserve to moderate its rate hikes.

In Maine, the number of new unemployment claims and claims for continued jobless aid have fallen for months and are now at the lowest point in three years a sign of the state's competitive labor market.

Federal regulators prepare for widespread adoption of the gear in an effort to protect endangered right whales.

He unloaded about 8 million shares of his company in recent days.

Transporting goods by inland waterways is more important in Germany than in many other Western European countries.

Many kids use a bewildering variety of platforms, all of which are constantly evolving.

The Federal Reserve may not have to remain as aggressive about hiking interest rates as feared.

Both companies are laying off staffers as they scale down business.

Casco Bay Lines will scale back some trips starting this weekend, while the state ferry services has had to cancel dozens of trips this summer.

Richard Rockwell says the houses will be improved and used for employee housing, assisting chefs, accountants and workers in the trades.

Imports and exports are up 31% for the first 7 months of 2022, and Portland doesn't have the congestion of shipping containers affecting many larger ports.

Plus, Nosh changes hands, Slab's frozen pizzas hit Hannaford shelves, volunteers at St. Peter's pump out 7,000 cookies for its annual Italian Bazaar this weekend, and more.

A new owner paid $6.5 million for The Inn at St. John, a small former railroad hotel in a neighborhood that could be poised for change.

The nascent bioplastics industry envisions a far bigger role for materials made from corn, sugar, vegetable oils and other renewable materials.

The selling likely reflects profit-taking by investors ahead of Wednesday's consumer price index report.

The plan calls for nearly 300 condos, a hotel and retail space, though subsequent site plan approvals for individual phases are needed.

A former employee of the now-closed Augusta restaurant who was working to start a union there says she was only able to get an interview at the Auburn store after using an email that Chipotle Mexican Grill did not recognize, and once she got an interview she was notified she would not be rehired.

Industry CEOs who attended the signing ceremony at the White House announced roughly $50 billion in new investments.

Even though the labels on T-shirts sold by Lions Not Sheep read 'Made in the USA,' the company's products are imported from other countries, according to a Federal Trade Commission complaint.

The debate comes as the long-struggling industry sees climate change as a reason for optimism.

The Labor Department will release its report for consumer prices Wednesday, then its report for wholesale prices Thursday.

The company is flush with cash since its COVID-19 vaccine and its treatment hit the market.

Production of the big, two-aisle jet has been marred by several problems.

While a vaccine for dogs has long been available, the only Lyme vaccine for humans was pulled off the U.S. market in 2002 from lack of demand.

The legislation Democrats muscled through the Senate on Sunday would represent one of the most consequential pieces of economic policy in recent U.S. history.

With severe drought conditions and soaring temperatures flash-frying lawns around the southern Maine coast, homeowners can perhaps take comfort in not having to mow their brown, crunchy grass as often.

Grocery delivery saw tremendous growth during the first year of the pandemic.

A state panel rejected the ballot question even though it had enough signatures to qualify.

None of the state's 22 licenses issued so far have gone to Black farmers.

The industry, pinched by high energy costs and low wholesale prices, seeks out cheaper grow-lamp options.

If approved, the average customer would pay about $120 more a year, starting next July.

The billionaire and Tesla CEO has been trying to back out of his April agreement to buy the social media company.

The U.S is trying to show that the merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster will lead to less competition for bestselling authors, lowering their advances and reducing the number of books.

The overall measure raises over $700 billion in revenue, including more robust IRS tax collections.

Technology and other high-growth companies once again take the brunt of the selling.

The deal comes as anti-monopoly advocates continue to raise concerns.

At the crux of the case is a dispute over how risk is being calculated in federal protections of right whales.

Harvesting Good has goal of extending locally grown produce year-round into food bank's network.

The move comes after the government introduced a bill in May that would implement a 'national freeze' on buying, importing, selling and transferring handguns.

Twitter has sued Musk to force him to complete the acquisition of the $44 billion deal for the social media company.

It's a sharp departure from Facebook owner Meta's multibillion-dollar efforts to enhance the accuracy of posts about U.S. elections.

The American job market has repeatedly defied skeptics this year.

The labor market remains nonetheless one of the strongest parts of the U.S. economy.

The move, seen as retaliation for a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, avoided disrupting one of the world’s most important technology and manufacturing relationships.