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Government & Politics

  • Workforce Investment Act comment deadline today

    March 12, 2013

    Public comments on a revised plan for investing federal Workforce Investment Act funds are due by 5 p.m. today.

    March 12, 2013

  • Rising temps, acid levels worry fishing industry

    March 12, 2013

    Researchers are seeing rising ocean temperatures and acid levels that could weaken some fish species and speed up the spread of infectious diseases like the shell disorder plaguing the Connecticut lobster fishery.

    March 12, 2013

  • Sequestration puts Maine air show in question

    March 12, 2013

    The Blue Angels have canceled four shows in April as a result of automatic federal budget cuts that, if continued, could derail the Great State of Maine Air Show scheduled for September of this year.

    March 12, 2013

  • Maine gets 'D' for legislative website

    March 12, 2013

    Maine received a "D" grade for its legislative website in the first ranking by a national nonprofit that promotes government transparency.

    March 12, 2013

  • Democrats counter hospital payback plan

    March 12, 2013

    In a battle over how to reimburse Maine's hospitals, renegotiate the state's lucrative wholesale liquor contract and avoid deepening gridlock in Augusta, Democrats on Monday made a late counter-move to a hospital payback proposal that Gov.

    March 12, 2013

  • Maine health coalition chief takes national post

    March 11, 2013

    Elizabeth Mitchell, CEO of the Maine Health Management Coalition, will move on to lead a national network with the same goals of improving the quality and reducing the cost of health care.

    March 11, 2013

  • Crescent Beach State Park lease extended

    March 11, 2013

    The state has inked a five-year lease extension for Crescent Beach State Park in Cape Elizabeth, following months of speculation over the fate of the park.

    March 11, 2013

  • Liquor wholesale contract hearings begin

    March 11, 2013

    The Legislature will take up hearings today on two bills outlining different plans for renegotiating the state's wholesale liquor contract.

    March 11, 2013

  • Regulators: Shrimping open 7 days a week

    March 11, 2013

    Regional fisheries regulators have opened each day of the week to shrimp fishing in Maine in light of a small catch so far this season.

    March 11, 2013

  • Hancock-Bar Harbor airport expansion going out to bid

    March 8, 2013

    The Hancock County Commissioners will solicit bids on a $2.2 million expansion of the Hancock County-Bar Harbor airport later this month.

    March 8, 2013

  • F. Lee Bailey seeks to overturn Maine Bar denial

    March 8, 2013

    F. Lee Bailey, a former defense attorney for O.J. Simpson with a home in Yarmouth, testified Thursday before Maine's highest court in his latest attempt to get a license to practice law in the state.

    March 8, 2013

  • LePage to stump for hospital payback plan

    March 8, 2013

    Gov.

    March 8, 2013

  • Portland charter school chief fired

    March 8, 2013

    The founder and executive director of a science and technology charter school in Portland was fired Thursday, before the school's first semester this fall, in what board members called "a pattern of mismanagement."

    March 8, 2013

  • Democrats put challenge Gov's hospital payment plan

    March 7, 2013

    Democratic lawmakers are challenging the constitutionality of a proposal by Gov. Paul LePage to use proceeds from a renegotiated state wholesale liquor distribution contract to pay $186 million in debt the state owes hospitals.

    March 7, 2013

  • PUC approves increased Efficiency Maine investment

    March 7, 2013

    A three-year plan to boost energy efficiency investments in the state won approval Wednesday from Maine's Public Utilities Commission and now heads t

    March 7, 2013

  • Sappi offers help in dam removal study

    March 7, 2013

    Westbook-based Sappi Fine Paper says it will provide the city engineering resources and expertise in studying the potential removal of the company's hydroelectric dam at the Presumpscot River's Saccarappa Falls.

    March 7, 2013

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Today's Poll

Does cruise ship season help your business?
Poll Description

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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