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Government & Politics
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‘Taking more time to enjoy the ride’: Mainers share 2023 business, personal resolutions
Updated: January 4, 2023Maine movers and shakes share their professional and personal aspirations for 2023.
Updated: January 4, 2023Bangor's new development director keys in on housing
Updated: January 3, 2023Anne Krieg was recently promoted from Bangor's planning officer to director of development, succeeding Tanya Emery.
Updated: January 3, 2023
Bar Harbor explores impact fees to prioritize housing
December 28, 2022Councilors seek a balance with tourism-related developments that overwhelm the town’s infrastructure but also bring jobs, property tax revenue and families.
December 28, 2022
Maine Senators assigned to legislative committees
December 27, 2022There are 17 joint-standing committees, a new Joint Select Committee on Housing, the Government Oversight Committee and several Senate standing committees.
December 27, 2022Maine State Chamber elects JAX executive to lead board
December 27, 2022The Maine State Chamber has yet to name a successor to Dana Connors, who will retire as president of the organization in the coming weeks.
December 27, 2022
Hailed as 'good news for the lobster industry,' Congress approves six-year delay on whale regulations
December 27, 2022The bill includes money to study new lobster gear technology to potentially remove vertical lines from the water column.
December 27, 2022
Gone but not forgotten: Remembering Mainers who died in 2022
Updated: January 3, 2023Mainebiz pays homage to notable Mainers who died last year.
Updated: January 3, 2023
Odds & ends: Squishmallows, cannabis and other unusual news in 2022
Updated: December 27, 2022Mainebiz offers a recap of unusual news stories published this year. From a retail first at the Maine Mall in South Portland peddling stuffed creatures called Squishmallows to a new Jellystone Park in central Maine featuring Yogi Bear and his pals,
Updated: December 27, 2022
Pre-Christmas storm wreaks havoc on travel and business in Maine
Updated: December 23, 2022Flooded roads, high winds and rain caused disruptions throughout Maine, as winter storm Elliott barreled up the East Coast.
Updated: December 23, 2022Energy relief plan heads to state lawmakers
Updated: December 23, 2022The Legislature could vote on the governor's Emergency Energy Relief Plan as early as Jan. 4.
Updated: December 23, 2022
Maine labor outlook optimistic after influx of new residents
December 22, 2022Many people moved to Maine during the pandemic and in-migration is offsetting the loss of working-age residents. Much of projected growth is in sectors that experienced the sharpest job losses in 2020, including hospitality, health care and
December 22, 2022
Bah, humbug: Closings, layoffs and other grim news in 2022
Updated: December 22, 2022Mainebiz recaps 10 pieces of bad news that made headlines in 2022.
Updated: December 22, 2022
10 startups strut their stuff at Portland ‘Demo Day'
Updated: December 19, 2022Founders out to disrupt industries from women's fashion to music took the stage following 13 weeks in the Roux Techstars Accelerator program.
Updated: December 19, 2022
Portland winter festival to move to Old Port in 2023
Updated: December 19, 2022As in previous years, Carnaval Maine will feature live music, Bites and Brews and food trucks, but without snowmaking for "rail jams" or the need for shuttle buses and Narrow Gauge Railroad trains to bring visitors to the action.
Updated: December 19, 2022Solar projects in Gorham and South Berwick surge forward with federal funding
Updated: December 16, 2022Helped by $20 million in federal funding, solar projects in Gorham and South Berwick will deliver 16 million kilowatt hours of combined electricity in their first full year of operation.
Updated: December 16, 2022
Maine unemployment up slightly in November
Updated: December 16, 2022Total non-farm wage and salary jobs increased by 3,000 to an all-time high of 645,1000. The largest increases in the month were in the professional and business services, leisure and hospitality and in the health care and social assistance sectors.
Updated: December 16, 2022
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