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Government & Politics
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With Maine's affordable housing crisis getting worse, Mills signs two bills to help
April 28, 2022The bills aim to tackle Maine's affordable housing shortage by allowing more density in development and extending certain tax credits.
April 28, 2022
In 60 hours, crews switch out a bridge on one of Maine's busiest highways
Updated: April 25, 2022The replacement of a bridge carrying Interstate 295 above Veranda Street in Portland has been in the works for more than a year. Workers demolished the old span and switched in the new one over a single weekend.
Updated: April 25, 2022
SMCC offers two years of free tuition to qualified students
Updated: April 25, 2022“This is a generational opportunity for students to receive the education and training they need to build bright futures,” SMCC President Joe Cassidy said of the Free Community College initiative.
Updated: April 25, 2022
State launches online tool to help Mainers claim $850 relief checks
Updated: April 25, 2022Qualified Mainers have until the end of October to file a 2021 Maine individual income tax return to claim their payment.
Updated: April 25, 2022
$40M grant program to help Maine tech companies recover from pandemic
Updated: April 22, 2022The new Pandemic Recovery for an Innovative Maine Economy Fund aims to help technology companies that didn't access other federal pandemic-response economic support programs.
Updated: April 22, 2022
State nixes applications for large salmon farm on Frenchman Bay
April 21, 2022The Department of Marine Resources cited American Aquafarms' failure to meet criteria for a proposed source of young salmon. But the company can submit a new application. “We should not assume the fight is over,” said Friends of Acadia.
April 21, 2022Maine Legislature approves ban on contaminated sludge as fertilizer
April 20, 2022The Legislature passed a bill to end the use of sludge, often laden with "forever chemicals," as fertilizer. The bill is headed to Gov. Janet Mills for possible signing.
April 20, 2022
Mainers will receive $850 relief checks under new state budget, ready for Mills' signature
April 20, 2022More than 857,000 eligible working families and older Mainers are expected to receive payments under the state's supplemental budget, scheduled to be signed into law Wednesday.
April 20, 2022
After 15 years, Maine chooses a seeming dark horse for new voter registration vendor
Updated: April 20, 2022The state has relied on the same contractor since 2007 for voter registration and election management technology. The newly hired vendor, whose contract could run to 2032, wasn't the first choice.
Updated: April 20, 2022
Portland's credit rating improves, potentially saving costs for city projects
Updated: April 19, 2022Standard & Poor's raised its long-term rating on Portland's previously issued general obligations bonds, and gave a high rating to $52 million in new debt being issued Tuesday.
Updated: April 19, 2022
Maine's unemployment rate falls to lowest level in two years
Updated: April 18, 2022Maine's unemployment rate fell to 3.6% in March amid job increases across sectors including professional and business services.
Updated: April 18, 2022
Maine Water Co. rate increase OK’d by regulators
April 15, 2022The Maine Water Co. will increase rates to offset a $60 million investment in a new drinking water treatment facility, replacing a plant built in 1884.
April 15, 2022
Mills vows to solve Maine's tourism, hospitality workforce shortage
Updated: April 15, 2022The state is focused on addressing root causes of the labor crunch, Gov. Janet Mills told members of the tourism and hospitality industry at a conference on Thursday. The conference released new data showing tourist visits to Maine grew 29% last
Updated: April 15, 2022
With summer tourism season coming up, the industry is hunkering down
Updated: April 18, 2022A roundup of news from around the hospitality industry, including the sale of a special-events island, workforce solutions and a drive-in theater that's on the move.
Updated: April 18, 2022
$21M effort by state, higher ed will boost training for health care jobs
Updated: April 14, 2022A new website called Healthcare Training for ME, funded by $21 million from the Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan, aims to help employers and individuals find the right adult education programs, community colleges and universities as well as apply for
Updated: April 14, 2022
Legislature advances bill to create Maine Redevelopment Land Bank Authority
April 13, 2022The bill would allow communities to bring abandoned, environmentally compromised or functionally obsolete properties into productive use by using federal and technical resources.
April 13, 2022
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