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Government & Politics

  • Labor commissioner waives fines for logging cos.

    January 16, 2012

    Maine’s labor commissioner has waived thousands in fines assessed to two logging companies for failing to provide documentation about their hiring of Canadian workers.

    January 16, 2012

  • Mainer Mills now holds Cabinet-level post as head of the U.S. SBA

    January 15, 2012

    President Obama on Friday made the position of head of the Small Business Administration a Cabinet-level post, elevating Maine resident Karen Mills, who currently holds the job.

    January 15, 2012

  • Postal facility closure talk attracts 350

    January 12, 2012

    Representatives from the U.S. Postal Service spoke to a packed room in Brewer last night to explain its controversial proposal to close its Eastern Maine Processing and Distribution facility in Hampden, a move that would impact 42 jobs.

    January 12, 2012

  • Shipyard housing owner faces EPA fines

    January 11, 2012

    Housing providers for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery and a Navy base in Connecticut face more than $150,000 in fines from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to tell families about possible lead-based paint hazards.

    January 11, 2012

  • Lawmakers kill private prison bill

    January 10, 2012

    State lawmakers have killed a bill that would have allowed a privately run prison in Maine due to a lack of interest from companies to run it.

    January 10, 2012

  • Compromise eases rules on development near wetlands

    January 9, 2012

    A Board of Environmental Protection compromise over development near wetlands is satisfying environmental groups and landowners, but still must pass muster with lawmakers.

    January 9, 2012

  • Occupy Maine holding ground

    Matt Dodge January 9, 2012

    Sparked in New York City in September, the Occupy movement has spread globally, branding itself a people's opposition to a perceived epidemic of corporate greed and pro-business policymaking in federal and state governments.

    Matt Dodge January 9, 2012

  • Budgets and breaks

    Mal Leary January 9, 2012

    State revenues still in redSales tax up slightly Penalty revenue nearly 20% below projections

    Mal Leary January 9, 2012

  • Maine’s finance commissioner Sawin Millett expects tough choices ahead

    January 9, 2012

    Anyone trying to balance the state budget ought to feel sea sick. States revenues were down in July, up in August, and then $12.6 million below estimates in October. A month later, they were $2.5 million above projections.

    January 9, 2012

  • LePage vetoes three bills, including tax credit for loggers

    January 6, 2012

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    January 6, 2012

  • ME Sen. Raye running for U.S. Rep. seat

    January 5, 2012

    Maine Senate President Kevin Raye, R-Perry, has announced his official candidacy for the state's 2nd Congressional District seat.

    January 5, 2012

  • LURC director steps down for parks post

    January 4, 2012

    Catherine Carroll has left her job as director of the Land Use Regulation Commission after a decade on the job to take a position with the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands.

    January 4, 2012

  • GOP lawmakers spike budget cuts

    January 4, 2012

    Republican lawmakers have rejected Gov. Paul LePage’s proposal to trim $60 million from the state budget by cutting funding to private non-medical institutions.

    January 4, 2012

  • State payments prompt disclosure debate

    January 4, 2012

    Over the last seven years, the state paid almost $235 million to organizations headed by lawmakers or their spouses, funding that was not required to be reported to the public, according to a report from the

    January 4, 2012

  • DEP seeks review of product stewardship rules

    January 3, 2012

    The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is urging lawmakers to reevaluate product stewardship rules that require manufacturers to pay for collection and recycling of hazardous materials, citing the high cost of recycling items containing

    January 3, 2012

  • State appoints fishery and wildlife chiefs

    December 29, 2011

    Two men have been tapped to lead Maine's fisheries and wildlife bureaus.

    December 29, 2011

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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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