Three days after a man opened fire at one of its stores in El Paso, Texas, and left at least 22 dead, the nation’s largest retailer is faced with how to make its workers and customers feel safe.
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New owner for Turnpike Mall in Augusta
Sun Equity Partners bought the property at the corner of Western Avenue and Whitten Road in Augusta with plans to lease new spaces and find tenants for more than 70,000 square feet of vacant retail space.
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Jim Fossel: Politics of resentment hold us back
No one wins by blocking economic success or the expansion of human rights.
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‘Bad dreams’ and ‘appreciation’ stay with former super carrier Sadie Landry
It’s been nearly three decades since Sadie Landry delivered a newspaper and yet there are still nights when the bad dreams come. “I’m out delivering and I can’t remember where the paper goes,” Landry says of those dreams. “I can’t remember who gets the paper and where it goes. I’m 41 years old and I […]
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Senate says ‘no’ to letting cities and towns levy their own sales taxes
But the House votes later Thursday to narrow the bill to allow only a 1% tax on lodging, in hopes of attracting additional Senate votes.
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Grand Rounds doubling its Lewiston workforce
The San Francisco-based health care company expects to end 2019 with 200 employees here.
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New law to make Maine first state with paid sick time that covers more than getting sick
The law, effective Jan. 1, 2021, will require businesses with 10 or more employees to give their workers as much 40 hours of paid time yearly for illness or family emergencies.
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Bill aims to encourage more employee-owned businesses
Sen. Nate Libby’s measure would offer tax breaks to help owners of companies sell to their workers or tenants.
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Why is Steven Soderbergh coming to Portland? We’ll let him tell you
The award-winning director will be at Little Giant Tuesday with his favorite liquor in hand.
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What shopping at Walmart might look like in the future
Is that banana starting to bruise? Walmart uses thousands of cameras to track what’s going on in stores real time