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  • Starbucks to open 3rd Old Port shop

    February 26, 2013

    Starbucks is planning to open its third Old Port coffee shop in mid-April, at 145 Commercial St.

    February 26, 2013

  • How Longfellow Books battled back from the blizzard

    Matt Dodge February 26, 2013

    Longfellow Books co-owner Chris Bowe certainly knows the value of a good book, but there are some lessons that only a historic blizzard can teach.

    Matt Dodge February 26, 2013

  • Two potential bidders rankled by latest liquor plan

    February 26, 2013

    The latest

    February 26, 2013

  • Nonprofit pushes entrepreneurship license plate

    February 26, 2013

    The Portland-based Youth Entrepreneurship Adventures is promoting a new vanity license plate it hopes will receive legislative approval in early 2014.

    February 26, 2013

  • J.P. Morgan projects slow recovery for ME

    February 26, 2013

    Maine 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 Chase and Co.

    February 26, 2013

  • High school grad rates rise 1.5%

    February 26, 2013

    A larger percentage of Maine students graduated high school in 2012, according to the latest figures, though nearly one-third of the state's schools lag behind federal standards.

    February 26, 2013

  • Budget adjustment will go into effect unsigned

    February 25, 2013

    The $153 million emergency budget that won nearly unanimous support in the Legislature will go into effect without Gov.

    February 25, 2013

  • White House warns ME of sequester cuts

    February 25, 2013

    The White House is warning each state of the potential impact of automatic federal budget cuts if Congress fails to craft a deficit reduction plan by March 1.

    February 25, 2013

  • Bill sets up fight over liquor contract process

    February 22, 2013

    The Democratic leader in the Maine Senate proposed a bill Thursday that would separate the renegotiation of the state's wholesale liquor distribution contract from a plan to repay the state's hospitals.

    February 22, 2013

  • CMHC asks for delay on Parkview merger study

    February 22, 2013

    Central Maine Healthcare in Lewiston has asked state regulators for a one-year extension to draft a feasibility study in support of its bid to formally take over the Parkview Adventist Medical Center in Brunswick, which it has been affiliated with

    February 22, 2013

  • ME gets $33M to test health care changes

    February 22, 2013

    The federal government will give Maine up to $33 million to implement and study health-care system improvements over the next three and a half years.

    February 22, 2013

  • Hostess workers eligible for training help

    February 21, 2013

    The U.S.

    February 21, 2013

  • 2 cos. to bid on Portland-N.Y. cargo service

    February 21, 2013

    The Maine Port Authority will request proposals from two companies to run a hybrid tug-barge service between Portland and New York, to start within the next two years.

    February 21, 2013

  • Franklin Community Health network to cut 40 jobs

    February 21, 2013

    Amid steady losses, Franklin County Community Health Network expects to lay off 35 to 40 employees from the 850-employee nonprofit.

    February 21, 2013

  • Lawsuit against Aroostook, NMDC dismissed

    February 21, 2013

    The U.S.

    February 21, 2013

  • Pipeline operator says Canadian oil could flow south

    February 20, 2013

    Portland Pipe Line Corp. CEO Larry Wilson told Vermont lawmakers Tuesday that his company is prepared to reverse its South Portland-to-Montreal pipeline to carry oil from Canadian tar sands south.

    February 20, 2013

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The federal government shut down at midnight on Oct. 1 over a budget stalemate. The standoff in Washington comes on top of changing policies on tariffs and trade.

The shutdown curtailed the release of monthly reports on the country's trade balance, consumer prices, retail sales and producer price. In Maine, much of the Acadia National Park staff was put on furlough, though roads and campgrounds were still accessible. 

The last shutdown stretched over 35 days from Dec. 22, 2018, to Jan. 25, 2019.

A shutdown of less than two weeks is "unlikely to have a material impact on the economy or household finances," the president of a Maine credit union told Mainebiz last week.

But there's growing anxiety over how a protracted shutdown would affect the economy.

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