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In the most recent incident at United, on Friday a chunk of the outer aluminum skin fell off the belly of a Boeing 737-800 that was built in 1998.
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Chair Jerome Powell and his fellow Fed officials are expected to play it safe when they meet this week, keeping their rate unchanged for a fifth straight time.
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Proponents of the bill say farmers need more time to move to alternatives, but opponents say the current law is reasonable and raise concerns about PFAS contamination of food.
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Joann's bankruptcy filing arrives amid both a slowdown in discretionary spending overall and during a time consumers are taking a step back from at-home crafts, at least relative to a boom seen at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Wind power advocates and conservationists looking to protect Sears Island from use as a wind power hub presented their points of view to lawmakers who must choose between the two sides.
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SI co-Editor-in-Chief Stephen Cannella told employees in a memo to continue operating as if it were business as usual for now.
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The Supreme Court seems likely to side with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts.
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The EPA's final rule marks a major expansion of regulation under a landmark 2016 law that overhauled regulations governing tens of thousands of toxic chemicals in everyday products.
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More than a dozen Maine islands are waiting for access to fast, reliable internet that has become critical for everything from schoolwork to watching movies.
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With demand for local meat on the rise, some livestock producers are finding it hard to get animals processed in a timely manner.
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The wildlife rehabilitation center in Limington treated more than 900 animals last year – everything from squirrels and mice to bats and porcupines.
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The award celebrates the extraordinary clinical skills and compassionate care given by nurses every day.
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Rogers has been overseeing the ER since 2019.
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The credit union recorded 1,994.75 hours of personal volunteer time, surpassing all other credit unions of its asset size across Maine.
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Across the U.S., batteries and green energies like wind and solar combine for major climate solutionIn the Arizona desert, a Danish company is building a massive solar farm that includes batteries that charge when the sun is shining and supply energy back to the electric grid when it’s not.
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The National Association of Realtors agreed to change its commission structure but real estate professionals say Maine has already been following these rules for years.
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City to consider ordinance banning 'unreasonable solicitation.'
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The developer rehabilitating the old downtown mill has said a tax increment financing agreement is crucial to getting the project back on track after it sustained millions of flooding damage in December.
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Spokespeople for the EPA declined to comment on the substance of potential changes, noting the drafted final regulation is still undergoing interagency review at the White House.
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There are oodles of special eclipse safety glasses for sale, along with T-shirts emblazoned with clever slogans and other souvenirs – just like the last time the U.S. got a big piece of the total solar eclipse action in 2017.
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The selected wind energy area is 80% smaller than originally planned and federal energy officials say it avoids conflicts with lobster fishing and North Atlantic right whale habitat. Maine lobstermen say another area where right whales have been seen remains in the designated area.
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The union is demanding wage increases for the 165 employees currently working under a contract that expired in July 2023.
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Versant Power, which calls illegal marijuana operations an 'escalating problem,' proposed the change to allow it, CMP and other utilities to disclose confidential customer information to law enforcement when there is 'good faith belief' of a crime.
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February retail sales up 0.6%, yet fissures emerge in what has been a driving force for U.S. economyAmerican shoppers picked up their spending a bit, but last month’s gain was weaker than expected.
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Biden opposes plan to sell U.S. Steel to Japanese firm, citing the need for ‘American steel workers’Nippon Steel announced in December that it planned to buy the Pittsburgh-based steel producer for $14.1 billion in cash.
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America's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm is officially open, a long-awaited moment that helps pave the way for a succession of large wind farms.
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The baby eels, also called elvers, were worth $2,009 a pound last year – more than 400 times more than lobster, Maine’s signature seafood.
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The rule would require cable and satellite providers to clearly state the total cost, including fees for TV station signals and regional sports programming, as a prominent, single line item.
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'This should be owned by U.S. businesses. There’s no way that the Chinese would ever let a U.S. company own something like this in China,' he said.
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But the officials who decide how to invest the retirement funds of Maine's government employees said fully divesting from fossil fuel companies would violate their constitutional duty.
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Even when entanglement does not kill a whale, it can affect individuals' ability to reproduce, which is critically important for a species with such low numbers, writes a team of scientists.
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The company, which has struggled to absorb Family Dollar since acquiring that chain in 2015, declined to say whether any of its 87 stores in Maine will be closed.
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President Biden has said if Congress passes the measure, he will sign it.
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Despite February's elevated figures, most economists expect inflation to continue slowly declining this year.
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The investors who have been behind Freeport Village Station since it opened in 2009 have hired a Boston-based real estate management group to oversee the large downtown shopping center after they purchased the property for $20 million.
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A $20 a month subscription fee would have $1.10 in tax added to it. Half of U.S. states are already applying a similar tax on subscriptions to Spotify, Hulu, Amazon Prime and more.