Maine Technology Institute is courting proposals for a a co-working wet laboratory space for fledgling businesses to test out their ideas.
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Maine journalist could join wife as winner of ‘Jeopardy!’
Jason Singer, a former reporter and editor at the Portland Press Herald, will appear on the famed trivia show Tuesday. His wife won in 2021.
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Maine’s highest-ranking justices will not weigh complaints against peers
According to new rules, ethics complaints against members of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court instead will be heard by a panel of lower court judges.
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Netflix series to be based on Maine author’s Waterville-set novel
Ron Currie’s ‘The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne’ came out earlier this year and focuses on a female Franco-American crime boss.
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Maine immigrant advocates, leaders decry Supreme Court ruling on injunctions, birthright citizenship
A group filed a new class action lawsuit Friday in response to the ruling, which they say opens the door for partial enforcement of President Donald Trump’s order to deny citizenship to U.S.-born children of people in the country illegally.
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Hannaford data breach affected more than 95,000 Mainers
Dutch-based parent company Ahold Delhaize USA encourages affected individuals to remain vigilant in protecting their personal information.
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Lewiston mass shooting heroes honored by Maine State Police
The Walker-Deslauriers Memorial Award is named in memory of Jason Walker and Michael Deslauriers II, who died Oct. 25, 2023, while trying to stop the shooter at Just-In-Time Recreation in Lewiston.
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Why Maine lawmakers pulled back on ranked choice voting expansion
Advocates say they plan to ask the Maine Law Court to revisit its 2017 advisory opinion, which would not be possible if Gov. Janet Mills vetoed the bill as they expected.
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Trump says he’s terminating trade talks with Canada over tax on tech firms
The tax will hit companies like Amazon, Google, Meta, Uber and Airbnb with a 3% levy on revenue from Canadian users, a move the president called ‘a direct and blatant attack on our country.’
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China man accused of assaulting parents, threatening with splitting maul
Jacob Merrill, 40, of China, was being held in jail without bail Friday for the Thursday evening incident.