Processing Your Payment

Please do not leave this page until complete. This can take a few moments.

Government & Politics

  • TIF request fast tracked

    December 28, 2011

    Skowhegan residents have pushed up the date of a special town meeting to consider a tax increment financing deal deemed critical to the construction of a natural gas pipeline through central Maine.

    December 28, 2011

  • Business tax breaks in budget panel's sight

    December 27, 2011

    Lawmakers are expected to scrutinize tax breaks for businesses yet again as they grapple with filling a $221 million Medicaid budget gap.

    December 27, 2011

  • Report: Maine foreclosure performance mixed

    December 26, 2011

    While new foreclosures and early-stage delinquencies dropped at Maine’s 32 state-chartered banks and credit unions in the third quarter, completed foreclosures increased.

    December 26, 2011

  • Cash and slash

    Mal Leary December 26, 2011

    Proposed DHHS cuts spark protests Lawmakers seek budget answers Job losses expected Lawmakers on the Appropriations and Health and Human Services committees considering Gov.

    Mal Leary December 26, 2011

  • True tax reform requires a new way of scoring

    J. Scott Moody December 26, 2011

    For years, state policymakers have been trying to restructure Maine's tax code in order to get the state on more competitive footing.

    J. Scott Moody December 26, 2011

  • Judge: Press Herald can't intervene in Cutler Files case

    December 23, 2011

    A federal judge is allowing some previously sealed documents surrounding the Cutler Files website to be made public within the next two weeks, but has put on hold the Portland Press Herald's request to intervene in the lawsuit.

    December 23, 2011

  • U.S. House agrees to payroll tax cut extension

    December 23, 2011

    U.S. House Replication leaders have backed down from their opposition to a two-month payroll tax cut extension and signed off on the Senate's proposal before a year-end deadline.

    December 23, 2011

  • State revenues over November projections

    December 20, 2011

    State revenues were more than $2 million above estimates for the month of November, although year-to-date revenues are still in the red.

    December 20, 2011

  • Waterfront, road opportunities bring engineering firm to Portland

    Matt Dodge December 19, 2011

    A Massachusetts-based engineering firm specializing in municipal infrastructure and marine projects opened a Portland office in early December, tapping a former Maine Department of Transportation veteran to head the four-person staff at 75 Washing

    Matt Dodge December 19, 2011

  • Violette, MTA settle for $430,000

    December 15, 2011

    Paul Violette, the former head of the Maine Turnpike Authority who resigned this year over questions about his spending, has reached a $430,000 settlement with the authority.

    December 15, 2011

  • Report: ME average for subsidy programs

    December 15, 2011

    Maine is about average in its efforts to ensure subsidy programs like Pine Tree Development Zones create jobs, according to a new report from a Washington, D.C.-based think tank.

    December 15, 2011

  • LePage forms new job training board

    December 15, 2011

    Gov. Paul LePage has established a new State Workforce Investment Board within the Maine Department of Labor tasked with developing work force-training policies.

    December 15, 2011

  • State green building changes irk group

    December 14, 2011

    A national environmental group is speaking out against Gov. Paul LePage’s recent decision to expand the number of certification programs the state can use when selecting materials for new buildings, calling the move “greenwashing.”

    December 14, 2011

  • Hallowell OKs gas pipeline tax deal

    December 14, 2011

    The city of Hallowell has given an initial OK to a tax increment financing deal for a proposed 56-mile natural gas pipeline through the region.

    December 14, 2011

  • Rent-a-Husband founder seeks Windham council seat

    December 14, 2011

    Rent-a-Husband founder Kaile Warren, who faced charges of securities fraud that were ultimately dropped, is looking to serve on the Windham Town Council.

    December 14, 2011

  • Winter worries

    Mal Leary December 12, 2011

    LePage on job policies State efficiency, attitudes need improvement Energy, education proposals teed up

    Mal Leary December 12, 2011

Sign up for Enews

Most Recent

Today's Poll

Is your business affected by the government shutdown?
Poll Description

Sponsored by Kennebunk Savings Bank

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.

More Information