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Education & Training

  • UNE moves forward with Morocco campus

    Lori Valigra September 12, 2013

    The University of New England is on track to open its scie

    Lori Valigra September 12, 2013
  • Call center to hire 90 in Fort Kent

    September 9, 2013

    The Ohio-based Ameridial plans to open a call center in Fort Kent, where the company says it will hire 90 full-time workers.

    September 9, 2013
  • Legislature approves $150M in bond proposals

    August 30, 2013

    Five bonds totaling $150 million were approved by the Legislature Thursday and will go to voters for final approval in November.

    August 30, 2013
  • Husson names new dean for College of Business

    August 29, 2013

    Husson University has named Marie Hansen to lead its College of Business, following a national search.

    August 29, 2013
  • Committee puts $150M bond to Legislature

    August 23, 2013

    The Legislature’s appropriations committee gave unanimous approval to a nearly $150 million borrowing package, sending its recommendation to the full Legislature next week.

    August 23, 2013
  • Conservative think tank crafts plan to nix income tax

    August 22, 2013

    The conservative Maine Heritage Policy Center plans to lobby state lawmakers to support its plan for eliminating the state’s income tax gradually, starting in the poorest counties, a plan it says will boost the economy.

    August 22, 2013
  • Lawmakers to return for vote on $150M bond proposal

    August 20, 2013

    The state's Appropriations Committee is scheduled to meet Thursday to vote on the $149.5 million bond package that Gov.

    August 20, 2013
  • Education Commissioner Bowen resigns

    August 16, 2013

    Maine's Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen has resigned to take a job with a national education nonprofit. 

    August 16, 2013
  • UMaine Machias scores aquaculture grant

    August 12, 2013

    The University of Maine at Machias has won a $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the potential aquaculture market for blue mussels and Arctic surf clams in Maine.

    August 12, 2013
  • Maine Quality Centers broadens its business training mission

    Carol Coultas August 5, 2013

    Scott Colton realized the recent arrival of compressed natural gas in northern Maine presented plenty of opportunities for his employer, K-Pel Industries, a Fort Fairfield-based welding, fabrication and machine shop.

    Carol Coultas August 5, 2013
  • Tyler Technologies builds work force through internships

    James McCarthy August 5, 2013

    In 2010, as an undergraduate student at the University of Maine in Orono, Sheraz Najum was torn between two career paths: electrical engineering or computer engineering.

    James McCarthy August 5, 2013
  • State ends fiscal year in the black

    James McCarthy August 5, 2013

    With the Legislature in summer adjournment, Gov. Paul LePage could bask in the sunny news of the state ending its fiscal year with a revenue surplus, but a recent poll places storm clouds on the horizon of his 2014 reelection bid.

    James McCarthy August 5, 2013
  • Report: Maine productivity a reflection of rural status

    August 1, 2013

    Maine’s measure of productivity per worker is near the bottom nationally, which a recent study attributes to the makeup of the state’s mostly rural economy.

    August 1, 2013
  • MDF ranks most-sought jobs in state

    July 25, 2013

    Registered nurses and retail salespeople are the most-wanted workers in Maine, according to a report from the Maine Development Foundation released Wednesday.

    July 25, 2013
  • LePage vetoes minimum wage hike, 20 other bills

    July 9, 2013

    Gov. Paul LePage issued 21 new vetoes on Monday, including a bill to raise the state's minimum wage. Lawmakers will convene today to consider those vetoes and possibly vote to override them as they look to wrap up this legislative session.

    July 9, 2013
  • Youth robotics programs get a boost

    Lori Valigra June 25, 2013

    The Robotics Institute of Maine will be launched this Thursday amid great fanfare, with a dozen disc-tossing robots on the lawn of Fairchild Semiconductor in South Portland, along with expected appearances by Gov.

    Lori Valigra June 25, 2013

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Sponsored by: Kennebunk Savings Bank

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into the workplace, it's no surprise that many workers are feeling uneasy — wondering whether their roles might eventually be handed over to machines.

Ultimately, it’s the managers who hold that power — the ones who decide whether a job stays with a human or is passed on to an algorithm.

A global software company, Trio.dev, surveyed 3,000 managers across the U.S. to determine if they would swap staff for AI.

Strikingly, 67% of managers in the Pine Tree State said they would replace staff with AI without hesitation — the highest percentage in the country.