Meg Robbins

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Published
May 6, 2025

Airport security to start asking for Real IDs on Wednesday; enforcement likely to lag

Privacy concerns kept many Mainers from getting the enhanced identification, raising the possibility of travel disruptions and airport delays if the mandate is strictly enforced.
Published
April 17, 2025

Visitors to Maine dropped again in 2024, challenging a top industry

Spending by tourists increased slightly to $9.2 billion, but Gov. Mills anticipates further declines as Canadians curb U.S. travel plans.
Published
April 15, 2025

E-ZPass security shutdown delays Maine Turnpike toll charges

The MTA plans to resume posting charges to user accounts this week after the system was taken down for 12 hours last month to avoid a potential security breach.
Published
March 23, 2025

Maine mobile home owners are pushing back against private investors

Residents are buying their parks and proposing rent control ordinances to fend off cost increases that have been introduced after parks have sold to capital equity firms.
Published
March 23, 2025

What 4 Maine mobile home residents say about park ownership

Residents of four mobile home parks share how they fought private investors — with varying degrees of success.
Published
March 13, 2025

Backers of offshore wind and an outspoken foe unite against Sears Island terminal

Nearby Mack Point was again cited as an alternative because it’s an industrial site of an energy and port services company.
Published
March 4, 2025

Leader of business innovation program picked for Maine’s top economic development post

Mike Duguay is set to become the next commissioner of the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development.
Published
March 3, 2025

See how much Maine imports from Canada, China and Mexico

Tariffs on Maine’s biggest trading partners are set to go into effect Tuesday.
Published
March 3, 2025

King, Pingree and Collins urge Trump administration to reinstate Maine Sea Grant funding

Maine’s program is the only one of 34 nationwide that has lost its funding so far, and the move comes on the heels of the president’s threat to cut Maine’s federal funding over a disagreement about transgender athletes.
Published
February 4, 2025

Lobster regulators repeal minimum size increase after years of backlash in Maine

The vote relieves the pressure of an impending deadline to comply with the law by this summer. Now, the lobster industry must find a different solution to protect declining populations.

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