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With their megabill signed into law, Republicans seek to buck midterm history: From the Politics Desk
Yahoo News
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Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. In today’s edition, Steve Kornacki...
Camper explosion in Maine under investigation
NECN - Massachusetts
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A camper explosion near a home in central Maine on Monday is under investigation by state fire officials. And they say it was intentionally detonated. Shortly after 2 p.m. Monday, the Stetson Fire Department responded to a report of an explosion...
SmartAsset Ranks Hawaii, Maine as Best States for Adviser Opportunity
PLANADVISER
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July 8, 2025
A study from fintech company SmartAsset Advisors LLC has made it easier for registered investment advisers to go where the money is, ranking 44 U.S. states with available data by the potential assets under management available per SEC-registered...
Aroostook County potato-related businesses get a boost with new tax credits
Mainebiz - Oregon
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Gov. Janet Mills has signed legislation that will support economic investments and job growth for manufacturing businesses, including two potato processing facilities in Aroostook County. LD 1951, An Act to Promote Food Processing and...
Tilson Makes Significant Progress In Plan To Strengthen Business
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) Company Receives Final Court Approval of Key Business Continuity Motions PORTLAND, Maine, July 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Tilson Technology Management ("Tilson" or "the Company"), a national leader in network development and...
Several Maine properties allegedly used in multimillion-dollar illegal marijuana enterprise
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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July 8, 2025
Seven people have been charged in connection with what prosecutors describe as a multimillion-dollar illegal marijuana growing, human trafficking and money laundering operation in Maine and Massachusetts. Six of the men have been arrested, while...
Luke's Lobster offers unique mentoring program for Maine high schoolers
WMTW 8 - Maine
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July 8, 2025
Lobstering is a Maine tradition and typically a family business passed down from one generation to the next.One business, Luke's Lobster, offers an apprenticeship program designed to spark interest in young people who never would have imagined a...
Gov. Mills signs bill to tackle deed fraud into Maine law
FOX 23 - Maine
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Lawmakers and Gov. Janet Mills are taking action to combat “deed fraud” in Maine. Deed fraud is when scammers pretend to impersonate property owners and sell deeds to land they don't own. By the time the system catches up, the scammers have...
Rethinking regionalization: Water utilities as economic development partners
The Brookings Institution
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Toggle section navigation Sections Print Amid funding and programmatic uncertainty, many communities are testing new plans, exploring new financing tools, and even rethinking how they govern and operate their water infrastructure. Aging...
Libby drops censure lawsuit in Maine
The Center Square
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July 8, 2025
(The Center Square) — A Maine Republican lawmaker who was censured for a social media post about transgender athlete is agreeing to drop a lawsuit against the state Legislature after her voting and speaking rights were restored. In a letter to the...
Something in the water: how kelp is helping Maine’s mussels boom
Ocean Acidification
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July 8, 2025
On a glimmering May morning, Tom Briggs pilots a 45ft aluminium barge through the waters of Casco Bay for one of the final days of the annual kelp harvest. Motoring past Clapboard Island, he points to a floating wooden platform where mussels have...
Dozens of lawmakers call on Maine Community College System to fire professor
WMTW 8 - Maine
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July 8, 2025
More than 50 Republicans in the Maine Legislature have signed a letter sent to the Maine Community College System calling for the removal of a professor who has been accused of discriminating against a student based on her political...
Rep. Laurel Libby, Maine AG's Office agree her appeal over censure is now moot
WMTW 8 - Maine
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July 8, 2025
The Maine Attorney General's Office and State Rep. Laurel Libby have both agreed that the lawmaker's appeal to overturn the censure that stripped her of her voting and speaking privileges in the Maine House of Representatives is now moot.Libby, a...
T.F. Green is named the country’s best airport by Travel + Leisure readers. They also voted this Maine island tops.
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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The votes are in, and Travel + Leisure magazine readers have named Rhode Island’s T.F. Green airport as the best in the country for the glossy’s 30th annual World’s Best Awards. Mount Desert Island was named the best island in the United States....
The LCFS faces a new political reality, plus RNG news from Viridi, Opal Fuels
Waste Dive
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July 8, 2025
This is the latest installment in Waste Dive’s Biogas Monthly series. Amendments to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard approved by the California Air Resources Board late last year went into effect on July 1. CARB implemented the changes after the...
A $156M middle school is under construction in rural Maine. What’s behind the price tag?
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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July 8, 2025
The contract, which is a fixed price unless the state or school were to request a large addition to the build, was awarded to Landry/French Construction, a company based in Scarborough that has handled multiple school projects across the state. As...
Why Is the Media Normalizing Nuclear War and Its Effects on US Populations?
Common Dreams
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July 8, 2025
As a political journalist, I typically monitor about six or seven print publications and a somewhat absurd number of online ones. But I recently noticed a disturbing trend—a slew of articles with titles like “Apocalyptic map shows worst U.S....
New study offers complex picture of AI’s impact on Maine workers
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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July 8, 2025
New research from the Maine Department of Labor paints a complex picture of the implications that artificial intelligence will have on the state’s labor force. The study examined tasks associated with specific jobs and determined whether...
MSAD 75 will not cancel event featuring controversial Maine lawmaker
WGME - Maine
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TOPSHAM, Maine (WGME) -- Leaders in MSAD 75 say they will not be canceling an event featuring Republican Representative Laurel Libby next week despite public pushback. Libby is expected to speak at an event on the Mt. Ararat campus in Topsham...
Lift bridge connecting Maine and New Hampshire to close for inspection
WABI - Maine
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July 8, 2025
KITTERY, Maine (WABI) - The lift bridge carrying Route 1 bypass traffic over the Piscataqua river will close for inspection in one week, according to the Maine DOT. July 15 and 16, the Sarah Mildred Long bridge connecting Kittery and Portsmouth...