Manufacturers, towns blast LePage budgetTwo parts of Gov. Paul LePage's proposed $6.3 billion budget drew ire from manufacturers and municipal officials during the first hearings on the spending plan Wednesday. |
Bill would allow out-of-state pharma shipmentsLegislators are considering a bill to reopen the door to international mail-order pharmaceutical providers who were prohibited from selling in Maine after |
UMaine offshore wind meter eyes budding marketThe University of Maine-led team developing plans for an offshore wind farm in the Gulf of Maine has designed a meter for measuring offshore wind speeds, a tool researchers say could... |
Aroostook 'empowerment zone' incentives on holdThe fiscal cliff deal inked in January extended a program giving some Aroostook County businesses incentives for hiring local workers, but county officials say the extension has not made... |
Bangor manufacturer lured to N.H.A 39-year-old chemical distribution and manufacturing firm founded in Bangor is moving its headquarters to Pease International Tradeport in Portsmouth, N.H., a move the company's founder... |
Report: Maine lost 32 manufacturers in 2012Maine lost 32 manufacturing companies in the last year, according to surveys by the industrial directory publisher Manufacturers' News Inc.That... |
Developer, landowner appeal wind permit rejectionPassadumkeag Windpark LLC is appealing the rejection of a permit for a 14-turbine wind power installation in Grand Falls Township.The |
Retailers: Shoplifting bill will increase crimeRetailers and the state's retail lobbying group are voicing strong opposition to a proposed law that would raise the threshold for convicting a person of felony shoplifting charges. |
Report: Wages don't meet needA new report by the Maine People's Alliance shows a growing gap between wages and the cost of living in Maine, which lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agree is a problem for the state,... |
J.P. Morgan projects slow recovery for MEMaine will make modest gains but is projected to lag behind national averages for real gross domestic product growth over the next two years, according to a recent assessment by JPMorgan... |