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Maine to receive $100K to accelerate COVID-19 workforce recovery
March 10, 2021One of nine states selected for a national initiative called the Workforce Innovation Network, Maine will receive up to $100,000 in grant funding and coaching to connect workers with jobs. Maine’s job recovery slowed substantially in late 2020.
March 10, 2021Lewiston may expand emergency relief for small businesses
March 9, 2021After the city received little response to a first round of emergency financial assistance, city councilors will consider expanding eligibility and making other changes to get the funds to Lewiston businesses in need.
March 9, 2021
Towns, cities across Maine to share $5M for stream crossing upgrades
March 9, 2021The Department of Environmental Protection grants match town and city money to upgrade failing culverts that present flooding risks and also block fish movement, a project that's awarded $15.7 million in grants to 172 projects since 2015.
March 9, 2021
Maine river conditions mean drought may continue, but flood risk is low
March 5, 2021The Maine River Flow Advisory Commission meets every spring to determine the possibility of spring floods and how the snow pack will affect ground conditions.
March 5, 2021
Golden demands Biden administration review of CMP power line project
March 5, 2021"I urge you to express my concerns and request an agency review of the issuance of residential permit," the Democratic Congressman writes in a two-page letter to U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm.
March 5, 2021
King to chair Senate subcommittees on national parks, strategic forces
March 4, 2021"From Acadia to Zion, America's national parks are treasures that help Americans of all backgrounds connect with the great outdoors and make lifelong memories," said the new chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on
March 4, 2021
King bill would provide $120B in relief for restaurants hurt by pandemic
March 2, 2021The bipartisan Restaurants Act would allow owners to apply for grants of up to $10 million to cover eligible expenses retroactively to February 15, 2020, and ending eight months after the legislation is signed into law.
March 2, 2021
UMPI receives grant to market an astronomical attraction in Aroostook County
Updated: March 2, 2021The Maine Solar System Model is unique to Aroostook County and as a tourism attraction because it’s a naturally socially distanced activity. New marketing materials will include brochures for all 62 chamber offices across Maine.
Updated: March 2, 2021
$71M in federal funds will help roll out broadband access for rural Maine
Updated: March 1, 2021Maine’s four awardees will bring broadband service to 27,755 locations by 2027. “The discussion has shifted from, ‘Is it needed? Should we do it?’ to ‘How and when?’” said Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Heather
Updated: March 1, 2021
Group urges $400M annual revenue boost to solve Maine poverty, equity issues
February 26, 2021A coalition of 13 organizations has called on the Legislature to increase revenues by $400 million a year to undo years of underfunding and a tax code that favors higher-income residents, which have had a disproportionate income on the state's poor
February 26, 2021
Maine tax revenues are rosier than expected, state officials say
February 26, 2021Forecasts had been downgraded last year after the onset of the pandemic, but General Fund revenue since July is now 6.6% higher than expected.
February 26, 2021
Business leaders tackle economic inequality, pandemic in Mainebiz forum
Updated: February 26, 2021A former official with the Boston Fed was the keynote speaker at the annual Mainebiz "Five on the Future" event, which was held virtually for the first time.
Updated: February 26, 2021
Mills' $111M 'Back to Work' bond proposal gets backing from business leaders
February 25, 2021Mills' proposal includes bonding for broadband expansion, workforce development, heritage industries innovation and expanded child care as a way to strengthen and build the state's economy. A variety of business leaders say the package is needed.
February 25, 2021
Extinction worries loom for both lobster industry and right whales
February 24, 2021Conservationists worry right whales won’t survive much longer. But fishermen worry that the $500 million-a-year lobster industry could be doomed by the high cost of new gear required by proposed regulations.
February 24, 2021-
CMP corridor opponents score a win in second referendum attempt
February 23, 2021Work on the $950 million electricity transmission line project is already underway, but the referendum could put its future in the hands of Maine voters on Nov. 2.
February 23, 2021 Maine business, education leaders press case for immigration reform
February 23, 2021The Maine Compact on Immigration, unveiled Tuesday, calls for reform at all levels and would be responsive to the needs of employers.
February 23, 2021
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