Business
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No date for the closure has yet been announced.
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The Committee on Labor and Housing passed an amended version of Gov. Janet Mills' bill to raise the minimum wage for farmworkers to $14.15 per hour, the same rate as that for other workers.
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NBC News' Harry Smith spoke with the Sun Journal's publisher, executive editor and staff about the newspaper's mission.
It runs in the business section on Thursdays.
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Merrimack Station in New Hampshire will become the state's first renewable energy park under a deal with the EPA.
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The benchmark index gained more than 10% over the first 3 months of 2024, while the Dow Jones rose by 5.5%.
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Johanna Johnston, event coordinator for Maine Eclipse and her colleagues in began preparations for the eclipse nearly 3 years ago. The path of totality includes a large swath of the county.
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The spending spree is a show of force as the company looks to retain its cloud computing edge over Microsoft and Google.
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In Westbrook, Vertical Harvest is building a four-story, 52,000-square-foot vertical farm and is negotiating a deal to supply it with renewable energy.
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Several Democrats joined solid Republican opposition to reject legislation that proposes a first step in judging utilities' performance when setting rates.
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Prosecutors said Bankman-Fried had cost customers, investors and lenders over $10 billion by misappropriating billions of dollars to fuel his quest for influence and dominance in the new industry.
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The bill would look at the feasibility of running a passenger rail between Portland and Bangor, with stops in Lewiston, Auburn, Waterville and just west of Augusta.
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The Portland International Jetport has reduced its proposal by 100 spaces, but that might not satisfy residents of a Stroudwater neighborhood concerned about the $8 million project.
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The measure would enact strict limits on when a company can collect, store and analyze consumer information, while creating exemptions for nonprofits, educational institutions and hospitals.
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Baltimore’s port is closed after the container ship Dali slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday, causing it to collapse into the water.
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An early spring storm dumped snow and ice over much of the state, keeping many sugarhouses from opening on their most lucrative weekend.
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The investigation is the latest battle the social media company, which is already fighting against a federal bill that could ban the platform in the U.S. if it doesn’t break ties with its Beijing-based parent company.
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Earlier this month, President Biden unveiled a budget plan that proposes to raise more than $4.5 trillion in new taxes over the next decade, largely by targeting corporations.
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The agreement came a day after the appointment of a new board member, replacing a DeSantis-appointed board chairman who was a Disney critic.
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The total solar eclipse, which will be visible from more than a dozen states, is fueling a small spending boom across the nation.
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Also, Don's Lunch opens in Westbrook; local beer malt makers win awards; a benefit market at Maine Craft Distilling; Maine Seaweed week returns; and more.
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Some want a lower minimum wage for young farmworkers, while others advocate preserving the right to sue an agricultural employer for failing to pay minimum wage.
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A trading frenzy was a triumph for the former president’s wealth. But Truth Social makes very little money, and Trump can’t sell his shares for 6 months.
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The charge amount is being lessened, but only temporarily.
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East Coast shipping – with trade in autos, coal and machinery – is likely to be the hardest hit.
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The New York judge's order also prohibits the former president from making public statements about prosecutors, court staff and jurors in his upcoming criminal trial.
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The mill's owners say they need more funding to repair damages from a storm last year and to address more than a dozen fire code violations within the building.
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Some environmental groups say the rules that would allow for open pit mineral mining provide ample safeguards, but others demand more preliminary testing, smaller pit size limits, stronger reclamation standards and dark skies protections.
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The member states were supposed to give final approval to the biodiversity bill on Monday. But farmers' protests of new environmental laws changed minds.
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A weekend ice storm that wiped out power along the coast for more than a day has caused some restaurants and markets to lose food, and revenue.
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Funding is announced for 33 projects that are expected to eliminate more than 14 million metric tons of carbon emissions each year – equivalent to taking about 3 million gasoline-powered cars off the roads for a year.
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A lot of 'what ifs' surround a bill the U.S. House passed last week that would mandate TikTok′s Beijing-based parent company to sell its stake in the platform or face a nationwide ban.
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So far, efforts to create a viable syrup industry in southern Jersey 'have been very sweet,' says the director of the university project.
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Awards included investigative reporting, solutions journalism and newsroom collaboration.
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The Maine Turnpike Authority hosted a public meeting Monday evening on the Gorham Connector, a planned 5-mile, 4-lane highway from the turnpike in South Portland to the Gorham Bypass.
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David Calhoun's departure at the end of the year is part of a broad management shakeup at Boeing.
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The wild blue mussel population on the Maine coast has dropped 60% since the 1970s. Experts believe warming waters and increased predation are to blame.
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For now, the safety worries do not appear to be dampening Americans’ enthusiasm for air travel.
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The St. George resident, a granddaughter of L.L Bean founder Leon Leonwood Bean, was 82.
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Because of a federal mandate, many Maine fishermen – and all lobstermen – must now file online reports documenting how much they caught and where.
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The former president won't be able to cash out the deal's windfall immediately.
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The amended bill, sponsored by Sen. Craig Hickman, D-Winthrop, eliminates some of the more controversial elements in the original measure.
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Proposal to give lawmakers final say over Maine’s electric vehicle standards sails through committeeThe committee unanimously approved a bill declaring electric vehicle rules to be the responsibility of lawmakers and not the Board of Environmental Protection, an appointed citizen board that rejected EV rules the previous day.
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The health care and social assistance sector saw the biggest increases in new workers amid a labor shortage that has caused a crisis in access to health care.
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Nuclear power could help reduce the use of fossil fuels, but financiers are waiting for a predictable, stable set of options.
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The company warns that its sales are taking a hit in the first half of its fiscal year.
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A key portion of Seinfeld’s fortune comes from a series of syndication deals for his sitcom.
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The surprising pace of U.S. job growth is attributable in part to immigrants.
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ND Paper issues 'temporary layoffs' to some workers as a papermaking machine is shutdown due to 'market-related downtime.'
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Reddit's IPO will test the quirky company’s ability to overcome a nearly 20-year history colored by uninterrupted losses, management turmoil and user backlashes.
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Gannett and McClatchy are dropping news from the Associated Press. Observers warned the cost-saving move will rob readers of a reliable source of reporting.
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It's the latest effort to rein in rapidly developing technologies that, if misused, could easily deceive and mislead.
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Demand for homes in Maine continues to outpace the supply, which is pushing prices up, experts say.