The bill would amend a 1993 budget reconciliation act but primarily clarifies definitions of activities and rights central to the 1872 Mining Law.
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Portland will reevaluate decision to have Papi remove antique doors
The move comes after the Press Herald reported that the Puerto Rican restaurant in the Old Port was ordered to remove the doors because they did not meet the standards for alterations in historic districts.
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Cities reviving downtowns by converting offices to housing
A growing number of developers are considering converting empty office towers into housing as part of an effort to revive struggling downtown business districts that emptied out during the pandemic
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CNN, Don Lemon part ways weeks after Nikki Haley comments
The ‘CNN This Morning’ co-host said on Twitter that the news came as a surprise to him and characterized it as a firing, which CNN disputed.
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Tucker Carlson, Fox News’ most popular host, out at network
The news comes a week after Fox agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems more than $787 million and acknowledged that some of its reporting following the 2020 election was false.
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Morning Sentinel/Kennebec Journal owner considering sale of his newspapers to new nonprofit
Reade Brower, who owns the Morning Sentinel in Waterville and the Kennebec Journal in Augusta, and other daily and weekly newspapers across the state, has been in preliminary discussions with the Maine Journalism Foundation.
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State lawmakers consider removing size limits on open-pit metal mines
The current three-acre limit prohibits the mining of a lithium deposit in Newry that could be worth over $1 billion.
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Fox’s settlement with Dominion unlikely to cost it $787.5 million
There are ways Fox can defray some of the expense, primarily through insurance and the use of tax deductions.
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Struggling Bed Bath & Beyond files for bankruptcy protection
The beleaguered home goods chain made the filing Sunday and said it will start an orderly wind-down of its operations including eventually closing its stores.
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Waitlists grow as developers plan, build and fill affordable housing
Projects across the southern Maine landscape aim to keep up with explosive demand, but advocates say ‘we are not creating new affordable homes fast enough.’