The court struck down a federal COVID-19 vaccination requirement for large employers, but many Maine companies are still requiring workers to get the shots.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, New England
Contracts ending, Northeast organic dairies ask consumers to jump in
Horizon Organic plans to stop buying milk from 89 organic dairy farms in the Northeast because it doesn’t want to transport the milk from the region to its plant in New York.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Schools and Education
Maine borrowers will benefit from Navient student loan settlement
The student loan servicer would cancel some debts and pay restitution to some borrowers under an agreement with attorneys general in Maine and other states.
Posted inBusiness, News
December retail sales slipped after a record holiday season
Many economists expect the caution that consumers displayed last month to carry over into this year and potentially slow the economy.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Proposal for consumer-owned power utility may not make Maine’s 2022 ballot
Organizers of the effort to change Maine’s primary utility company into a quasi-public agency indicate they may not have enough signatures in time to make the November ballot.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Schools and Education
Maine included as Navient settles predatory student loan claims for $1.85 billion
Navient, a major student loan servicing company, denied acting illegally, and it did not admit to any wrongdoing under the settlement, which is subject to court approval.
Posted inBusiness, Uncategorized
Farmington businesses temporarily close for COVID-19 safety precautions
The closures raise discussions about the efficacy of masking policies among businesses in town amid a peak of COVID-19 cases in Franklin County.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Maine, News
Maine Med nurses’ union criticizes working conditions at hospital under pandemic pressure
The protest, part of a national ‘day of action’ organized by the parent union of the Maine State Nurses Association, comes as the association negotiates its first contract with Maine Medical Center.
Posted inBusiness, Uncategorized
What’s really going on with inflation? Economists weigh in
Consumers are eager to spend, and suppliers aren’t able to keep up with the demand.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine company sued over Bronx apartment fire that killed 17 people
LIHC Investment Group is one of three owners of the New York apartment building that caught fire Sunday.