The Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences says it will break ground this fall on a 25,000-square-foot building to accommodate a growing staff and add new capabilities for teaching and research.
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Health insurer hack means questions but still few answers for Mainers
A cyberattack discovered in April could affect 79,000 state residents with Harvard Pilgrim Health Care coverage. But there’s little information about the information at risk.
Commentary: Proposed paid family and medical leave bill unworkable for Maine
The proposal is for a new short-term disability insurance program that will cost hundreds of millions of dollars and be one of the most benefit-rich programs in the country.
With a significant price increase in April, Maine’s housing market may be heating back up
The lack of inventory again hampered sales, but bidding wars are starting to resume and prices rose by more than 6%.
Maine’s medical cannabis market seeing a ‘mass exodus’ of caregivers
A new report from the state shows more than one-fourth of the individuals in the occupation have quit since 2021, often in response to an overabundance of cannabis supply.
Everything is bigger in Texas, including Maine’s help wanted signs
Three nonprofits are collaborating on a $25,000 ad campaign in San Antonio that is meant to draw veterans and health care workers to join Maine’s workforce.
Hundreds of Mainers have gone into real estate as the hot market begins to cool. Now what?
The number of real estate agents has been growing by double-digit percentages. But the trend may be reversing, even as younger agents join the field.
With bill’s passage, lobster industry welcomes 6-year break from new regulations
The omnibus spending legislation includes a rider that freezes new federal regulation of lobstering practices. President Biden is expected to sign the bill into law.
Maine housing market may be easing for buyers, November numbers show
Prices are still rising, but at a slower pace than during the past two years, and mortgage rates fell slightly last month, according to data released Wednesday.
Pet owners sue Idexx over ‘anticompetitive scheme’ to sell diagnostic tests
The class-action lawsuit accuses the Westbrook maker of animal-health products of locking veterinarians into predatory contracts that inflate prices that are passed on to their clients.