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Government & Politics

  • ACA policy shift could let 16,000 Mainers keep plans

    November 15, 2013

    The Obama administration’s decision to delay by one year the cancellation of health insurance policies that don’t meet Affordable Care Act standards could allow nearly 16,000 Maine residents to stay with plans they were told would be cancell

    November 15, 2013

  • Four companies bid on Maine liquor contract

    November 15, 2013

    Four companies have submitted bids to run all or part of the state’s liquor distribution and marketing business.

    November 15, 2013

  • Feds told to reimburse Maine Yankee $35.7M

    November 15, 2013

    A federal judge has ordered the U.S. government to pay Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co. $35.7 million in compensation for costs incurred in storing spent nuclear fuel at the Wiscasset power plant from 2003 to 2008.

    November 15, 2013

  • Wage gap closing, but women still paid 20% less

    November 14, 2013

    Women on average made 20% less than men in Maine’s eight largest communities, a wage gap that has narrowed slightly since the previous reporting period.

    November 14, 2013

  • Fewer than 300 Mainers enroll in health exchange

    November 14, 2013

    Less than 10% of Maine applicants succeeded in enrolling in health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act in its first month, due largely to a federal website hobbled by technical problems since its launch.

    November 14, 2013

  • ImmuCell posts net income gain in Q3

    November 13, 2013

    The Portland-based biotech firm ImmuCell logged $57,000 in net income in the third quarter of the year, up from a loss of $64,000 posted for the same period last year.

    November 13, 2013

  • Workplace fatalities down in 2012

    November 13, 2013

    Maine’s number of workplace fatalities dropped from 2011 to 2012, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

    November 13, 2013

  • Colgan pushes back job recovery forecast to 2018

    November 13, 2013

    One of Maine’s top economic forecasters has pushed predictions for a full post-recession job recovery back to 2018 in a fall report released today through the New England Economic Education Partnership.

    November 13, 2013

  • Dentists appeal fines assessed in Medicaid audit

    November 12, 2013

    Dentists claiming that a state contractor improperly assessed around $800,000 in fines through a new Medicaid program audit have appealed the fines with the Maine Department of Health and Human Services.

    November 12, 2013

  • Two health centers share $1M in federal grants

    November 11, 2013

    Two community health centers, in Patten and Bangor, will share $990,000 in federal grants to treat more patients.

    November 11, 2013

  • Old Cony High redevelopment moves ahead

    November 11, 2013

    The developer planning to convert the former Cony High School building in Augusta into senior housing has secured the financing needed to begin construction in the spring.

    November 11, 2013

  • FairPoint seeks phone rate increase

    November 11, 2013

    FairPoint Communications is asking regulators for $68 million more in annual revenue through a rate increase on rural telephone customers and access to a state fund.

    November 11, 2013
  • Lewiston architect Gabrielle Russell helped launch Grow L+A, an effort to salvage the city's Bates Mill No. 5 for a data center and urban farming operation

    Young visionaries, veteran developer take on Bates Mill No. 5

    James McCarthy November 11, 2013

    Lewiston city officials started the year resolved to bring on the wrecking ball and finally tear down the vacant Bates Mill No. 5.

    James McCarthy November 11, 2013
  • Jill Strauss holds a Neapolitan pizza in front of the wood-fired oven where she hosts backyard classes on how to make pizza.

    Kennebunkport pizza chef fires up backyard classes

    Lori Valigra November 11, 2013

    Jill Strauss jokes that when she moved to Maine 26 years ago, diner food was considered haute cuisine and pizza was served with french fries.

    Lori Valigra November 11, 2013

  • Get the most from your accountant

    Alison Hinson November 11, 2013

    Fall brings brisk mornings, the smell of wood smoke and the niggling thought that you should schedule an appointment with your accountant to prepare for year-end taxes.

    Alison Hinson November 11, 2013

  • Bond measures pass, Blaine House hopefuls in place

    Darren Fishell November 11, 2013

    While the hum of this year's statewide and local elections has ceased, votes last Tuesday set in motion a part of the financing for a range of projects around the state.

    Darren Fishell November 11, 2013

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Does cruise ship season help your business?
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Sponsored by Kennebunk Savings Bank

Maine's cruise ship season is in full swing, running from late September through early November. Thousands of passengers are expected to visit Portland, Bar Harbor, Eastport or Rockland.

This week alone, Portland is set to welcome around 16,000 cruise ship passengers.

But as the season ramps up, it's bringing mixed reviews. Some locals brace for the crowds and many business owners say cruise ship visitors don't spend much while in the port. Other business owners argue that, even if cruise ships don't benefit their own coffers, they still benefit the overall economy.

When we asked this question in 2023, Mainebiz respondents, 21% said the visits bring customers and revenue, while only 18% said the visits don't help their business.

More than half of the respondents, 53%, said cruise ships benefit the overall economy.

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