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Whole Foods workers say Portland store’s operation raises infection risk
The presence of employees shopping for home delivery customers makes it impossible to follow physical distancing guidelines, one employee says.
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CVS and Walgreens under fire for slow pace of vaccination in nursing homes
Across the country, some nursing home directors and health care officials say the partnership is actually hampering the vaccination process.
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Hours after CMP gets final permit for transmission corridor, judge halts work
A federal appeals court called a halt to some work pending further review of a legal case brought by foes of the hydropower transmission line through western Maine.
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The market has run out of steam since the S&P 500 set a record high a week ago amid optimism that COVID-19 vaccines and more stimulus from Washington would bring a recovery.
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The EU Commission chief says she immediately called the company's CEO, while Canada's government says it, too, was affected.
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Some countries are worried that a second consecutive summer holiday season impacted by the pandemic would hit their tourism industries even harder than the first one.
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The question is what elements of the president-elect's proposal can win enough Republican votes to clear the evenly split chamber, where at least 60 votes will be needed.
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The federal program, renewed as part of an economic stimulus package passed last year, can provide up to $284 billion in loans.
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Revenues declined every month from March to July, including a 45% decrease in July, the report said.
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“Weddings will never stop. They may be scaled down tremendously, but you can’t stop stuff,” says the show's producer.
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Britain’s exit from the EU single market means new costs and red tape for exporters.
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Known for his role in ABC's 'Grey's Anatomy' and for helping to raise millions of dollars for cancer patients and their families, the Maine-born actor will star in a campaign for the new Poland Spring Origin water.
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Proposals include an immediate extension of the eviction moratorium for those affected by the pandemic, and longer-term policy changes meant to empower renters and keep their housing situations stable.
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More than 4,000 Mainers filed new claims last week, while a 0.13% payroll tax was implemented to help fund the unemployment compensation office.
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The latest figures for jobless claims, issued Thursday by the Labor Department, remain at levels never seen until the virus struck.
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A state commission approved zoning changes on Wednesday to allow both improvements at the newly reopened ski resort in Rangeley.
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Walgreens and CVS have administered only a fraction of the vaccine doses they've been allocated, and state officials question whether they will be able to expand their efforts anytime soon.
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On average, the retail chain's 157,000 employees make a base rate of $9.80 an hour.
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The retailer's sales streak extended through the holiday season, as shoppers snapped up everything from clothing to home goods during the pandemic.
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Conservationists say the government has taken too long act on proposals to expand protections for critically endangered right whales.
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The shortfall for the 2020 budget year, which ended Sept. 30, climbed to an all-time high of $3.1 trillion.
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New York City will terminate Trump Organization contracts worth about $17 million a year in profits because of the president's role in the Capitol insurrection.
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The decision comes in response to various local, state and federal authorities asking people not to travel to the nation's capital at that time.
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Plus, foods to soothe pandemic anxieties, from doughnuts to plant-based dinners.
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The streaming video service owned by Google says it removed new content from the president's account for violating its policies and ‘in light of concerns about the ongoing potential for violence.’
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ProVerde Laboratories was cited for operating a marijuana business without a permit, certificate of occupancy or business license and is shut down pending a reinspection next month.
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Twitter says it's now preventing anyone from replying to, liking or retweeting posts that violate its civic integrity policy.
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Cargo volumes through the International Marine Terminal have surged as the port has added new equipment and efficiencies at the state's sole container port.
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Raytheon, Leidos, Northrop Grumman and more join the backlash.
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After the attack on the Capitol, the company is taking steps to prevent insurrectionists from renting rooms – but hosts are finding their own creative methods as well.
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The three-member commission ruled unanimously that CMP didn't violate any laws related to issuing such notices.
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In court papers Monday, the developer says access road plowing started Monday and construction is expected to begin on or about Jan. 18.
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The Trump Organization runs a carousel, ice rinks and a golf course in the city.
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Twitter shares plunged by more than 10% Monday morning.
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The social media site was effectively taken off the Internet when Amazon, Apple and Google all pulled technical support.
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Despite their policy barring the sale of items that promote hate, customers can still find T-shirts, hats and even onesies endorsing the conspiracy theory.
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After the store reopened Thursday, a second employee tested positive for COVID-19.
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The violent insurrection at the Capitol has companies scrambling to react as the option of sitting on the sidelines grows unsatisfying.
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Family-owned company that began in Waterville is taking over a 17,500-square-foot facility at 20 Lithgow St.
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Proposals, still in the early stages, run the gamut from required testing of medical marijuana to sealing or expunging the records of those convicted of marijuana-related offenses.
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The state is now home to 15 marijuana stores, 16 cultivation facilities and nine product manufacturing facilities that have active licenses.
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Unless the Legislature acts, Maine businesses and nonprofits could have a higher state tax burden than what federal tax rules require.
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The state is awaiting federal guidance on how best to demonstrate someone has been fully vaccinated.
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A motion passed at the Jan. 6 Board of Selectmen meeting to hold a special town meeting on Jan. 16 to vote on a moratorium.
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According to court papers, it bribed intermediaries to make deals in Saudi Arabia between 2009 and 2016.
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Officials at Volkswagen, Ford, Fiat Chrysler, Toyota and Nissan all say they have been hit by the shortage.
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Despite the challenges posed by COVID-19, farmers were able to keep their operations going as the process of farming itself didn't change at all.
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With Democrats soon in control of the presidency, Senate and House, investors are anticipating Washington will try to deliver even more stimulus for the struggling economy.
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They also ask for a clear account of the company's decision-making process regarding the president's tweets the day that a pro-Trump mob breached the U.S. Capitol.
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BerryDunn has acquired a Connecticut-based firm called VantagePoint Healthcare Advisors for an undisclosed sum.
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Facebook, Twitter could face punishing regulation for their role in U.S. Capitol riot, Democrats sayTrump on Friday resumed tweeting, praising his supporters as "great American patriots" and pledging they would not be "disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!"
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The nation has nearly 10 million fewer jobs than it did before the pandemic sent it into a deep recession nearly a year ago.
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Portland-based Noble Partners was accused of keeping a Florida company's $108,000 deposit after failing to fulfill an order for medical supplies in May.
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Far-right social media users for weeks openly hinted in widely shared posts that chaos would erupt at the U.S. Capitol while Congress convened to certify the election results.
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A group of environmentalists had petitioned the Board of Environmental Protection to put an end to the practice.