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The Biden administration is attempting to lower the cost of fixed offshore wind and support a domestic supply chain for the industry.
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Over the last 2 years, Maine has lost a quarter of its dairy farms to runaway electricity, fuel and fertilizer costs, and skyrocketing interest rates. Only 161 remain in operation.
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Traders are largely betting the Fed will have to cut rates as soon as this summer, something that can act like steroids for markets.
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Rich Cantz has been with Goodwill Northern New England for 20 years, the past five as president and CEO.
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But 10 other semi-finalists from Maine did not move on. Winners of the prestigious culinary awards will be announced in June.
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Federal inspectors have repeatedly found blocked emergency exits, fire hazards and boxes stacked to the point that they could collapse onto workers.
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Tourists spent over $8.6 billion in Maine during 2022, an increase of 10% above the previous year.
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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried now faces 13 charges after he was arrested in the Bahamas in December and brought to the United States soon afterward.
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The Federal Reserve is considering whether stronger bank rules are needed to prevent a similar bank failure in the future.
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Farmers say they spend extra time and money raising cattle strictly on grass, and mislabeling cheats them and people who are paying extra for something they're not getting.
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After months of delay, Musk is gleefully promising that Saturday is the deadline for celebrities, journalists, and others who'd been verified for free to pony up or lose their legacy status.
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The Global Wind Energy Council points to incentives for renewable energy development in the Inflation Reduction Act in the United States, and policies in Europe and China that further expand the role of renewables.
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The high court will decide whether a Florida woman who has filed over 600 federal lawsuits against hotel owners and operators over alleged ADA violations can sue hotels where she doesn't intend to stay.
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Members of both parties say they’re open to legislation that would punish executives for their role in the bank failures.
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The American restaurant chain serving Mexican fast food closed its Augusta location after employees were the first in the country to file for union representation.
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The vast majority of the plastic that comes off Maine boats every spring goes to landfills or incinerators.
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The Maine Democrat is proposing legislation that would help farms and food systems reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040.
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A lawsuit involving more than 2 million pages of evidence will confront jurors, who must decide whether Central Maine Power's parent has vested rights in the project Mainers voted to kill in 2021.
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The fight over the proposed New England Clean Energy Connect hydropower transmission line has become a multimillion-dollar industry of its own.
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The two said they were paid as tipped workers – half the state's minimum wage – even when they did work that earned them no tips.
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The poll also finds that those earning at least $100,000 annually are more likely to expect their situation will improve in the year ahead.
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For Absolem Cider Co., Run Amok Mead and Sidereal Farm Brewing, digging in and growing their craft beverage businesses is as important as the drinks they are making.
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The crusade shows how perceptions of Big Tech have changed among typically pro-business Republicans.
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Still, much of the focus is on Deutsche Bank, whose stock tumbled 8.5% in Germany.
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But European leaders downplayed any risk of a possible crisis at a summit Friday.
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As the industry battles federal right-whale regulations, L.D. 710 calls for allocating 20% of the fishery's license surcharges – about $380,000 a year – to the legal defense fund through 2030.
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A bill to punish oil companies for profiting from price spikes at the pump has passed the California Senate.
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Traders were still largely betting the Fed will cut rates later this year.
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National Labor Relations Board staffers who counted the ballots said 254 voted against the union while 186 favored it.
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The CEO of TikTok is being grilled by a U.S. congressional committee to make the case for why the hugely popular video-sharing app shouldn’t be banned.
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Charter Communications says it will bring high-speed internet connectivity to underserved areas, and is buying Bee Line Cable in Madison.
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Lawmakers will grill the company’s CEO on Thursday about concerns over user data falling into the hands of the Chinese government.
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The satellite carrier says the dispute was always financial and 'never about limiting conservative voices.'
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The Chevrolet Camaro has for decades been the dream car of many teenage American males
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Environmental Action Germany demands that cities enforce air quality rules by banning certain heavily polluting vehicles.