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  • UMaine System bans nonessential air travel as Maine CDC starts coronavirus testing

    Renee Cordes and Laurie Schreiber March 10, 2020

    The University of Maine System prohibits all university-sponsored non-essential air travel and encourage students to stay on campus during spring break next week as the Maine Center for Disease Control starts testing for the novel coronavirus at a…

  • Maine to start coronavirus testing at state lab

    Staff Updated: March 6, 2020

    The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention will begin testing for exposure to COVID-19 using newly received equipment, as the number of individuals being tested in the state increases.

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    Logging adds over $600M to Maine economy, but the industry can't find workers

    Staff Updated: March 6, 2020

    Logging jobs pay an average of $47,000 a year, but Maine faces a shortage of loggers and log truckers, hindering the growth of the forest products industry.

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    Bill would create first step toward Maine spaceport, and beyond

    Maureen Milliken March 5, 2020

    LD 2092 would put together a public-private council that would develop a strategy for location of a spaceport in Maine, helping to launch the global "new space" industry in the state.

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    Bill would give tax credits to Maine businesses that create remote-working jobs

    Maureen Milliken Updated: March 6, 2020

    The proposal is aimed at boosting rural areas of the state and opening up job choices by giving businesses with headquarters in Maine an incentive to allow employees to work remotely.

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    Portland MLK memorial finalist to present plan to committee

    Staff March 3, 2020

    The proposal by a team headed by UMA professor Robert Katz is the only one left of three finalists chosen in November for the memorial, which will be installed on the Bayside Trail in West Bayside after final approval from the city council.

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    Coronavirus is beginning to affect Mainers, and Maine businesses

    William Hall, Renee Cordes, Maureen Milliken and Laurie Schreiber March 3, 2020

    While the outbreak of COVID-19 continues to grow, no cases have been reported in Maine. But state government and health care providers are responding, and the public health crisis is changing some day-to-day business.

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    State ups revenue forecast by $40M this year, may use the funds for MaineCare

    Staff Updated: March 2, 2020

    The state revised its forecast for General Fund revenue upward by $139 million, including a projected additional $40 million for the current fiscal year.

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    Inside Maine's 'hottest' real estate towns of 2019

    Maureen Milliken Updated: February 26, 2020

    It's no secret that Maine single-family house and condominium sales were off the chart in 2019, but the secret sauce that makes some towns and cities extra hot may not be as obvious.

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    HospitalityMaine names new director for workforce development

    Staff February 25, 2020

    Gwen Perry, who most recently worked at the state Department of Economic and Community Development, will take up the baton from Terry Hayes, who is now heading the Maine Municipal Bond Bank.

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What’s your go-to beach read?
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Summer in New England – or anywhere else for that matter – is an ideal time for pleasure reading, and tastes can vary widely as we recently wrote about in a seasonal feature story.

With Maine's abundance of independent bookstores, including a new vendor on wheels making the rounds in the midcoast region, we're keen to know what you're paging through.

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