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CMP transmission line plan clears zoning hurdle, but others remain
Updated: January 9, 2020The 145-mile transmission line through Franklin and Somerset counties still requires permits from the state Department of Environmental Protection and others before work would begin.
Updated: January 9, 2020
The year in review: We wish there'd been no need to report these stories
Updated: December 30, 2019In this end-of-2019 roundup, Mainebiz takes a look at the "low lights" of the state's commerce and economy during the year.
Updated: December 30, 2019Union home-building business sued by Maine AG
December 23, 2019Maine is suing a Union home-contracting business, claiming it used deceptive marketing practices to bilk customers of their money, did shoddy work, and then fled town.
December 23, 2019
Mayo hospital merger advances, while some residents sue to stop it
December 23, 2019Mayo Regional Hospital received another endorsement in its ongoing merger with Northern Light Health, the state’s second-largest health care system. But some local residents are suing to stop the deal.
December 23, 2019
Outgoing Bernstein Shur CEO reflects on boosting diversity, ending billable hours
Updated: December 24, 2019Pat Scully, the outgoing CEO of Portland law firm Bernstein Shur, sat down with Mainebiz to talk about the firm where he's spent his entire career and has led since 2014.
Updated: December 24, 2019
Portland begins overhauling its development code
December 16, 2019The city of Portland is rewriting its development code for the first time in over 50 years — and wants the public’s input on how to improve the huge set of land use regulations.
December 16, 2019
Maine minimum wage hike, new overtime pay rules to take effect Jan. 1
Updated: December 16, 2019Maine employers will be required to pay a higher minimum wage, as well as overtime for higher-paid employees, starting Jan. 1.
Updated: December 16, 2019-
State AG protests federal rule change that could result in 'wage theft'
December 11, 2019Maine's attorney general is decrying a rule change proposed by the federal government that could result in hourly, tipped workers being paid less than the minimum wage.
December 11, 2019 
Maine law firms, school team up to 'move the needle' on diversity
Updated: December 9, 2019Seeking to bring more diversity to the profession in Maine, its three largest law firms have teamed up with the University of Maine School of Law to launch an inclusive internship program.
Updated: December 9, 2019
Cianbro chairman indicted for firing cannon at Maine Maritime game
December 6, 2019The chairman of Pittsfield-based Cianbro Corp. was indicted on three criminal charges related to his firing of a small cannon during a Maine Maritime Academy football game in September.
December 6, 2019
State now accepting recreational pot license applications
December 6, 2019The state’s Office of Marijuana Policy is now offering applications, available online, for potential adult-use marijuana facilities.
December 6, 2019Maine voices concerns over new federal hemp rules
December 6, 2019The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently released rules for the newly legal crop. But Maine's department warns they may harm the growing hemp industry in the state.
December 6, 2019Trenton lobster co-op sues former CEO over racketeering claims
December 6, 2019Lobster 207, a lobster wholesale co-op owned by the members of the Maine Lobstering Union, has sued its former CEO, Warren B. Pettegrow, over allegations of racketeering.
December 6, 2019
Mills nominates six for judicial positions
December 4, 2019Three new appointments and three reappointments to the Maine District and Superior courts are scheduled to go before the Legislature's Judicial Committee Dec. 17 and could be sworn in early next year.
December 4, 2019Walmart changes national hiring policy to settle Bangor discrimination suit
November 18, 2019Retail giant Walmart Inc. will make nationwide changes in how it deploys employees with disabilities, in order to settle a lawsuit involving a Bangor woman.
November 18, 2019
Taki Miyamoto, of Pierce Atwood, climbs a different path outside his law practice
Updated: November 11, 2019Taki Miyamoto, who was born in Japan and raised near New York, chatted with Mainebiz about growth prospects for the Scarborough climbing gym he co-founded and his ambitions as an attorney.
Updated: November 11, 2019
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