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Government & Politics

  • Casino upheld in vote recount

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 14, 2010

    Opponents of a planned casino in Oxford County have conceded defeat in the recount of the statewide referendum.

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 14, 2010

  • Lining up the agenda

    Mal Leary December 13, 2010

    LePage pledges regulatory reform

    Mal Leary December 13, 2010

  • Game on | The new chief of the Sportsman's Alliance of Maine targets the State House

    Carol Coultas December 13, 2010

    Tim Bell admits he’s not much of a sportsman — a little alligator and boar hunting, the occasional spiny lobster catch — so it wasn’t Maine’s fauna that attracted the Florida resident to his new post as executive director of the Sportsman’s Allian

    Carol Coultas December 13, 2010

  • Feds step up enforcement on illegals

    Derek Rice December 13, 2010

    An increased focus by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the last year on companies that hire illegal workers has businesses taking a fresh look at how they verify employees’ eligibility to work in the United States.

    Derek Rice December 13, 2010

  • Tax amnesty program falls $2M short

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 10, 2010

    A tax amnesty program budgeted to add $10 million to the state's coffers fell nearly $2 million short of its expected goal, state revenue officials say.

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 10, 2010

  • Three nominated to top state posts

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 1, 2010

    Maine Republicans nominated three people to top state positions Tuesday for two-year terms.

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 1, 2010

  • Republicans seek to scrap labor committee

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 1, 2010

    Senate Republican leaders have proposed eliminating the Legislature's labor committee and putting labor issues under the Business, Research and Economic Development Committee, raising the opposition of Democrats and union officials.

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 1, 2010

  • Riley: Changes ahead for health care

    The Mainebiz News Staff November 30, 2010

    A Baldacci administration official told legislators yesterday that some small businesses in Maine may decide not to offer health insurance plans when the state's DirigoHealth program is supplanted by the insurance exchanges included in federal hea

    The Mainebiz News Staff November 30, 2010

  • Winthrop printer to close

    The Mainebiz News Staff November 30, 2010

    A printing company in Winthrop that printed carbonless forms for the state is shuttering at the end of the year, after the contract was given to an out-of-state company.

    The Mainebiz News Staff November 30, 2010

  • Expanded TAA program set to expire

    November 29, 2010

    Four janitors working at Fairchild Semiconductor in South Portland lost their jobs last fall when the company shifted manufacturing of its semiconductor wafers to South Korea.

    November 29, 2010

  • Tax talk

    Mal Leary November 29, 2010

    Employers to see UI tax hike

    Mal Leary November 29, 2010

  • Online strategy essential to Cutler's strong finish

    Carter Thomas November 29, 2010

    Owner of Bluecloud, an Internet marketing company in Portland  

    Carter Thomas November 29, 2010

  • Revenue projections upped $477M

    The Mainebiz News Staff November 24, 2010

    Economic forecasters yesterday released updated projections showing state revenues rising more than $470 million over the next three fiscal years.

    The Mainebiz News Staff November 24, 2010

  • Unemployment insurance tax to rise

    The Mainebiz News Staff November 22, 2010

    Beginning in January, Maine employers will see a $10-per-employee tax increase to fund the state's unemployment trust fund.

    The Mainebiz News Staff November 22, 2010

  • Marijuana growers form trade group

    The Mainebiz News Staff November 19, 2010

    The state's small-scale medical marijuana growers have formed a trade group to better lobby at the State House.

    The Mainebiz News Staff November 19, 2010

  • LePage names budget advisers

    The Mainebiz News Staff November 17, 2010

    Governor-elect Paul LePage has named 10 people to his budget advisory group, which will tackle an estimated $1.2 billion budget gap.

    The Mainebiz News Staff November 17, 2010

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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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