Officials complain of thousands attending unregulated events since marijuana was legalized last year.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine Cannabis Report
As cannabis industry expands to pricier, high-profile sites, social equity applicants left behind in Chicago
Prospective business owners hurt by the war on drugs were supposed to be helped through a special license lottery, but a lawsuit has the program in limbo while the rest of the industry takes off.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Baby formula plant at heart of shortage reopens
The Abbott Nutrition factory was closed five months ago after an FDA inspection turned up allegedly unsanitary conditions.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine’s landmark recycling reform law will take years to implement
It could take 4 years for the state to craft detailed regulations that make big corporations shoulder the local cost of disposing of hard-to-recycle packaging they produce.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Delayed Portland bike-share program could finally start rolling in July
The company that was hired to operate a 200-bicycle rental network said it is scrambling to implement the long-awaited program this summer.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Stocks sink as Wall Street eyes downside of solid jobs data
Higher interest rates expected from the Federal Reserve would put downward pressure on stocks and other investments.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Biden’s challenge: Inflation overshadows robust job gains
Voters have made clear in surveys that their attention is focused much more on soaring gasoline and food prices than on the plentiful availability of jobs.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Firm proposes Taser-armed drones to stop school shootings
But Axon’s own ethics and technology advisers quickly panned the idea as a dangerous fantasy.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Schools and Education
Gov. Janet Mills announces $12.3 million expansion of statewide apprenticeship programs
Young adults are offered the opportunity to learn a skill or trade through paid, on-the-job training combined with classroom instruction.
Posted inBusiness, News
U.S. has over 750 complaints over Teslas braking for no reason
Many owners wrote in their complaints that they feared a rear-end crash on a freeway.