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Madawaska paper mill to receive nearly $10 million Maine tax credit
Twin Rivers Paper Co. Inc. was the only mill eligible for the tax credit meant to help modernize equiment and save jobs. A state report recommends more transparency about business incentives.
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September 18Lawmakers are not close to completing work on the dozen annual appropriations bills that will fund federal agencies during the next fiscal year, so they’ll need to approve a stopgap measure to prevent a partial shutdown.
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September 18Campaign officials have been warned by the government about the possibility of poisoning threats. His team has gotten nervous about drones targeting him at golf courses and at outdoor venues after hearing briefings from the Secret Service.
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September 18Seth Garrison was appointed to the role nearly 2 years ago. He took a leave of absence in the spring before resigning on Aug. 26.
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September 18The nonendorsement comes 2 days after union leaders and members met privately with Vice President Kamala Harris so she could lay out her case for an endorsement.
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September 18The nonprofit's Art Deck-O event raised around $22,000 for its arts integration programming.
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September 18The filing alleges that the multimillion-dollar company behind YouTube's most popular channel failed to provide minimum wages, overtime pay, uninterrupted meal breaks and rest time for competitors.
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September 18It's the largest ad buy since Labor Day, the traditional start of the fall campaign season, and comes after Democrats mailed flyers opposing a Republican candidate trying to flip a Senate seat in Windham.
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September 18The effects could ripple out well beyond those who lost jobs at the sprawling plant in Jarratt, a once-bustling railroad town about 60 miles south of Richmond.
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September 18Voters will weigh a proposal to borrow $10 million to help restore old buildings owned by government agencies or nonprofits across the state.
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September 18Police are searching for a woman who was driving a white station wagon that the man tried to get into near the Maine Mall while he was running from a state trooper.
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September 18The third budget proposal is for $50.43 million — a total overall reduction of close to $1.18 million from the original proposal last June.
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September 18The central bank is acting because, after 11 rate hikes since March 2022, it feels confident that inflation is finally mild enough that it can begin to ease the cost of borrowing.
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September 18The rate cut, the Fed’s first in more than four years, reflects its new focus on bolstering the job market, which has shown clear signs of slowing.
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September 18Lebanon’s health ministry says one person was killed and over 100 were wounded by exploding electronic devices.
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September 18The lawsuit filed alleges that the electrical and mechanical systems on the cargo ship that caused the collapse were improperly maintained.
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September 18Inspection reports from 14 months ago show unaddressed deficiencies in 2 sprinkler systems that still use aqueous film-forming foam that contains forever chemicals.
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September 18A TikTok video clip threatening violence against an 'Oxford' school caught one student's attention Friday afternoon.
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September 18Cannabis Cured, the cultivator and retailer that sold the contaminated products, maintains that its samples passed an initial round of state-mandated testing.
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September 17The crash happened Tuesday afternoon when the 17-year-old was attempting to turn into a store parking lot on Civic Center Drive.
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September 17Fort Fairfield Police put out a silver alert for Edward Bolstridge on Aug 22, kicking off a weeks-long search.
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September 18Mandated by a new Maine law, public schools now offer optional training to teach students how to administer the medication that reverses opioid overdoses.
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September 17No state has reported – so far – that anyone has been harmed as a result of the suspicious mail.
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September 17Sen. Susan Collins of Maine was 1 of only 2 Republicans who voted with Democrats to move forward on the bill.
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September 18The options Oxford residents face for building a new elementary school do not feel like options to Maine's geographically largest school district.
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September 18In the first day in court, the Phippsburg residents argued over property lines and land ownership in a battle over who has access to the beach in front of their cottages.
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September 18Health officials believe the resident, who has not recently left the state, represents the first locally acquired case of the disease since 2020.
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September 17Ryan Wesley Routh is charged at the federal level with gun crimes, but additional charges are possible.
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September 17NASA officials say the eclipse will begin around 8:40 p.m. and peak at 10:44 p.m.
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Although the intersection was identified as an “area of concern” by Maine DOT in 2016, cost-benefit analyses show the project isn’t eligible for funding through the department’s Bureau of Highway Safety, but there are other options available.
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September 18The PUC agrees to waive state review of the deal in which Spanish energy giant Iberdrola will acquire the remaining shares in Central Maine Power's parent company, Avangrid.
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September 17Speaker Mike Johnson's legislation will come to the floor, but probably without enough votes. A Sept. 30 shutdown deadline looms.
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September 18A legislative commission has been tasked with finding solutions to improve the state's under-fire Department of Health and Human Services.
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September 17Both countries say it has more pachyderms than its wildlife parks and natural resources can accommodate.
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September 17The Federal Reserve could provide an additional boost to consumers and the economy by lowering borrowing costs.
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September 17Businesses like Ford, Harley-Davidson and Lowe's are ending their participation in the Corporate Equality Index amid pressure from conservative activists.
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September 17Directors of Maine School Administrative District 17 voted unanimously Monday night to accept the donation of a solar power system that can provide its STEM classroom and other facilities with 25,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity a year.
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September 17The bond would provide funding that would be used to leverage matching private and federal support for capital projects in key technology sectors determined by the state.
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September 17Justices from the Maine Supreme Judicial Court said William Blaisdell's misconduct was 'egregious and deserving of significant sanction.'
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September 17'Sensitive' content will be limited, a 'sleep mode' will turn off notifications overnight, and teens will receive notifications after 60 minutes of using the app.
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September 17The group says it's holding Israel 'fully responsible for this criminal aggression.'
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September 18Describing a battle between the dark and the light side of paranormal beings, which Deb Hewins calls angels and demons, she eventually realized how to repel the negative beings, by projecting love.
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September 17The United States has pressed for restraint even as it has rushed military aid to Israel, warning its close ally that a wider war would not achieve its goals.
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September 17The supermoon is one of three remaining this year.
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September 17Capt. Jason Burke and Detective Gene Gallant encouraged their department to get the best technology for crash reconstruction. Now, their work is a hot commodity.
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September 17Officials said that the 8 areas could produce as much as 13 gigawatts of clean wind energy – enough to power 4.5 million homes.
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September 17Police did not immediately identify the man, who crashed on Route 7 near the Dover-Foxcroft town line.
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September 17The change would have moved outgoing mail processing from Hampden to a facility in Scarborough, roughly 130 miles away.
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September 16TikTok argues that the law is unconstitutional, while the Justice Department says it is needed to eliminate a national security risk due to the platform's Chinese ties.
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September 17The system's board of trustees approved $650,000 in capital improvement funds for planning and some renovations to 7 Custom House St. as part of a $100 million project.
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September 16Over the past few years, a small but growing number of states have begun requiring students at publicly funded colleges to complete a civics requirement.
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September 18Youth and Family Outreach plans to double the number of its child care slots to 110 and build 48 affordable and 12 market-rate apartments. The proposal, which received the council's unanimous support, also calls for tearing down a 175-year-old chapel.
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September 16A massive pipeline fire in suburban Houston has been shooting a towering flame into the air for hours
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September 16Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says he’ll work with state election officials to address concerns about mail-in ballots after they warned of persistent problems during the primary season
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September 16Several little-known pro-Trump candidates are running for Congress in key races as independents, and an Associated Press review finds they were recruited and backed by the same shadowy group.
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September 17Springfield City Hall, several schools and state motor vehicle offices in Springfield were forced to evacuate last week after receiving bomb threats.
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September 17The Navy still owns the airport hangar where 51,000 gallons of toxic firefighting foam was discharged after an overhead fire suppression system with a deficient service record malfunctioned.
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September 16The federal government is warning that allowing people to bet on the outcome of U.S. elections poses too much of a risk to be allowed in the United States