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Posted inBusiness, Maine
Advocates of consumer-owned power utility unveil plan to oust CMP, Versant
A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers and advocates is touting a proposal to revoke the monopoly status of the state’s 2 largest power distribution companies and force them to sell their assets to a consumer-owned nonprofit.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
White House ‘aware’ of vaccination card schemes
Some Americans are making or buying falsified paper vaccination cards to claim that they have gotten shots, particularly as businesses ask for proof of vaccination.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
Rift between Republicans, corporate America creates opening for Biden’s tax plan
White House officials have argued to corporate executives that the tax hikes are necessary to fund large investments in public infrastructure that the business sector has long sought.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Engineering firm opens Maine office to work on solar connections
K&A Engineering Consulting says it hopes to employ 100 workers by year’s end at the company’s new South Portland office.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Collins, King draft bill to help seasonal employers get more federal relief
The bill would modify a provision in the federal Paycheck Protection Program that the senators say disadvantaged some seasonal small businesses.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
World’s ports deal with unprecedented volume heading into 2nd year of pandemic
Los Angeles port officials see progress in reducing their bottleneck of cargo ships. Sail north to Oakland, though, and the line is even longer and there’s talk of the congestion lasting through the summer. As of Friday, 25 container carriers were waiting to enter the Port of Oakland at anchor in San Francisco Bay and […]
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Business
Working: Traveling therapist focuses on women’s pelvic health
“We often poke fun about getting together with girlfriends and, ‘Oops, we’re laughing so hard, we wet our pants’ . . . but it’s a significant problem, and it’s something that can be fixed,” says Katie Caron.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Business, Maine
Guitar sales soar as COVID-19 keeps Mainers playing at home
Shoppers are picking up guitars, keyboards and other instruments to learn to play as the pandemic stretches on.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Mills has a chance to fill key energy post as LePage appointee’s PUC term ends
The 6-year term of Bruce Williamson, an economist who was nominated to the Maine Public Utilities Commission by then-Gov. Paul LePage in 2015, ended in March.