Possible action on city ordinances follows years of discussion about changing the flow of traffic through the heart of the city’s downtown.
2018
Posted inBusiness
Small-business owners raising prices at highest rate since 2008
Escalating labor costs trigger the increases, and there are ways to do it without turning off customers.
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Posted inPolitics
Maine lawmakers approve $41 million spending package that includes funding for the disabled, the elderly and opioid treatment
Lawmakers must still take up several other spending measures, including one to borrow $100 million for transportation improvements.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump administration pulls US out of UN human rights council
It was the latest withdrawal by the Trump administration from an international institution.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Verizon, AT&T to stop providing our location data to brokers who sell it to others
The wireless companies will still sell tracking information, but not to businesses that market it to others without cellphone users’ knowledge or consent.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine industry leaders embrace new health insurance options for business groups
Critics say changes announced Tuesday by the Trump administration will hurt the Affordable Care Act market and promote shoddy plans.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
US officials likely lost track of nearly 6,000 unaccompanied migrant children
The new estimate comes as backlash widens over President Donald Trump’s’ decision to separate parents and children.
Posted inLocal & State
Wayne voters pass $1.18 million budget at Town Meeting
Residents also authorized the town to apply for federal funding for several local projects.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Canada’s Trudeau has billions of reasons to retain dairy quotas targeted by Trump
The system not only keeps prices stable and prevents oversuply, it also provides government revenue through lending to farmers.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
FDA reconsiders ‘added-sugar’ labeling requirement for honey, maple syrup
The announcement comes after the agency received more than 3,000 comments on the labeling rule, which was aimed at alerting consumers of high levels of sugar in foods.