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Cannabis company to pay $300,000 over payroll violations
Theory Wellness failed to properly pay Massachusetts employees who worked Sunday and holiday shifts.
Most Maine health plans no longer waive patient costs for COVID-19 treatment
Only one major insurer, Community Health Options, is bucking the national trend and waiving cost-sharing for COVID-19 patients through the end of the year.
More than 125 boats participate in protest on Frenchman Bay
Sunday’s ‘Save the Bay’ flotilla was a demonstration against plans by American Aquafarms to place an industrial salmon farm off the coast of Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park.
Central Maine business briefs: Gardiner club hires new sports director
People & Places: Maine State Credit Union helps send kids to summer camp.
Warship to be named for LBJ heads to ocean for sea trials
The future USS Lyndon B. Johnson, built at Bath Iron Works hit the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.
Stocks rally to records, with relief that rates will remain low
Stocks have set record after record this year thanks in large part to the Federal Reserve’s massive efforts to prop up the economy and financial markets.
COVID-19 surge pummels Hawaii and its native population
The governor is urging tourists to stay away and residents to limit travel, and leaders are reimposing caps on sizes of social gatherings.
Prime Automotive reportedly looking to sell all dealerships in Maine
Automotive News reports that the company wants to sell all 31 of its dealerships by the end of the year, including the seven it owns in Maine.
Consumer spending up only 0.3% as delta threatens
Last month’s spending was not even a third of the 1.1% rise in June, the Commerce Department reported Friday.