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  • MERC sale hangs on DEP decision

    November 30, 2012

    The city of Biddeford will not close on its $6.65 million purchase of an incinerator in town until an environmental cleanup plan is approved, the

    November 30, 2012

  • Searsport hearings extended

    November 30, 2012

    The Searsport Planning Board will on Friday hold its fifth consecutive public hearing this week to take comments on a controversial proposal to build a $40 million gas tank in town, according to

    November 30, 2012

  • Summit starts courting Augusta-area towns

    November 30, 2012

    The battle to provide natural gas to Augusta and central Maine continues between two companies fighting for a natural gas contract with the state.

    November 30, 2012

  • Sen. Rosen to lead new planning office

    November 29, 2012

    Sen. Richard Rosen, R-Bucksport, will take charge of a new state planning office following his appointment by Gov. Paul LePage, which was announced today.

    November 29, 2012

  • CMP parent's credit rating falls

    November 29, 2012

    Standard & Poor's Rating Services dropped the credit rating of CMP's Spain-based parent company, Iberdrola, as a result of Spain's faltering economy.

    November 29, 2012

  • State spending halt proposed to stanch red ink

    November 29, 2012

    Maine's top finance official projects state agencies will have to curtail fiscal year 2013 spending by $37 million in the coming weeks to make up a tax revenue shortfall, the

    November 29, 2012

  • FairPoint lands health care contract

    November 28, 2012

    FairPoint Communications says it has landed a $16 million contract to provide telecommunication services for 400 health care facilities in northern New England.

    November 28, 2012

  • AG joins call for extension of homeowner tax break

    James McCarthy November 28, 2012

    Maine Attorney General William Schneider and 42 of his counterparts across the country have asked congressional leaders to extend a key tax-relief provision they say is needed to further help homeowners benefiting from a national mortgage settleme

    James McCarthy November 28, 2012

  • Legislative recounts leave results unchanged

    November 27, 2012

    Recounts in 12 narrowly won Maine House and Senate races did not overturn any of the contests, finalizing each party's head count in the next Legislature.

    November 27, 2012

  • Tank opponents get status in Searsport hearings

    November 27, 2012

    The leading opponents of plans for a 23-million-gallon liquid propane tank in Searsport will play a special role in the project's local approval process after a planning board decision Monday, the

    November 27, 2012

  • Mayor: Toxins won't stop Biddeford incinerator buy

    November 27, 2012

    Biddeford's mayor says the discovery of toxins at the site of a local incinerator won't hold up the town's $6.65 million purchase and closure of the facility.

    November 27, 2012

  • Lawsuit aims to halt wind farm expansion

    November 27, 2012

    A Farmington nonprofit has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for its approval of a permit for a wind farm expansion in the northwest portion of the state.

    November 27, 2012

  • Growers' group gets appeal hearing in Monsanto case

    November 26, 2012

    A Maine-based agriculture group will have another chance to bring crop seed giant Monsanto into court after its previous lawsuit was dismissed in 2011.

    November 26, 2012

  • PUC thrice awards FairPoint embattled contract

    November 26, 2012

    FairPoint Communications has for a third time received an embattled state contract to upgrade Maine's emergency 911 call system.

    November 26, 2012

  • Capitol Update: Power shift in Augusta

    Mal Leary November 26, 2012

    Economic forecast mixedFebruary forecast too pessimisticUncertainty underscored by WashingtonThe November 2012 report of the Consensus Economic Forecasting Commission says that Maine's economy continues to grow

    Mal Leary November 26, 2012

  • Battle for beds: Maine's escalating fight for health care dollars

    James McCarthy November 26, 2012

    In one corner there's the hospital tag-team of Lewiston-based Central Maine Healthcare and the Parkview Adventist Medical Center in Brunswick.

    James McCarthy November 26, 2012

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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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