Maine panel airs bipartisan tax overhaul bill
Source: Boston.com
Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-05-10 06:30:18 -0700 | business-news
Maine (AP) A major tax overhaul proposed by a bipartisan group of legislators is getting its first airing before the public. The Legislature's Taxation Committee is taking comments from the public and groups affected by the proposal at a hearing...
Maine resolution asks controls on $ in elections
Source: Boston.com
Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-04-30 14:29:47 -0700 | business-news
Maine (AP) Maine is joining other states in asking Congress to support a constitutional amendment that overturns a U.S. Supreme Court decision that opened the floodgates to unlimited campaign spending by special interests. The resolution seeking reversal of the Citizens...
Maine House considers right-to-work, dues bills
Source: Boston Herald
Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-04-24 12:52:08 -0700 | business-news
Maine The Maine House is due to take up a pair of anti-union bills, one to make Maine a right-to-work state and the other to bar public employees from deducting union dues from non-members. Both of the bills faced significant...
Maine jobless rate dips to 7.1 percent in March
Source: Boston.com
Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-04-19 12:32:03 -0700 | business-news
Maine (AP) The Maine Labor Department says the state's unemployment rate in March was 7.1 percent, down slightly from 7.3 percent in February. Maine's rate for March was lower than the national rate of 7.6 percent. Federal Bureau of Labor...
Maine gets new Public Advocate
Source: SF Gate
Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-04-02 05:06:20 -0700 | business-news
The advocate's job is to represent the interests of Maine ratepayers in proceedings before the Maine Public Utilities Commission , including issues regarding electricity and natural gas prices. The Office of the Public Advocate also supports Maine residents on matters...
Gas company holding job fair in Maine
Source: Boston.com
Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-04-01 03:11:44 -0700 | business-news
Maine (AP) A company involved in a natural gas distribution project in central Maine plans a job fair in Augusta to fill 45 positions. Summit Natural Gas of Maine will hold the job fair on Wednesday at the Senator Inn...
Lobster prices reach rock bottom in Maine – fishermen in panic
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Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2012-07-27 12:23:58 -0700 | business-news
The wholesale price of lobsters have fallen to $1.50-per pound in Maine, the lowest since the 1970s, and the fishermen there are in a panic situation as reported in foxnews of dated 15th of July 2012. This has threatened the...
Lawmakers work toward Maine 2-year budget
Source: The Boston Globe
Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2011-08-02 03:07:45 -0700 | political-news
Maine The Maine Legislature's budget committee is racing to get work done on a two-year state government spending and tax plan. With leaders looking toward an early June adjournment, the Appropriations Committee is working long hours this week as it...
Pilot in fatal plane crash into Maine house ID'd
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2011-06-14 17:12:45 -0700 | sports-news
Maine The Maine medical examiner's office has identified the pilot who was killed when his small plane crashed into a house in Biddeford and burst into flames. Officials say 71-year-old Edward L'Hommedieu (LA-muh-DOO') died Sunday when his twin-engine Cessna clipped...
Maine state offices close
Source: The Boston Globe
Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2011-02-23 17:06:26 -0800 | political-news
Maine Maine state government offices are closed to reduce expenses. State offices are also closed Friday, in observance of Christmas. Gov. John Baldacci says Thursday's closures were authorized as a cost-saving initiative for the budget that ends in June.
5 Maine gov race rivals discuss attack ads, taxes (AP)
Source: Turks and Caicos Free Press
Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2010-12-31 18:24:41 -0800 | political-news
Maine A question from an eighth-grader about negative political ads has triggered a sharp exchange among the five candidates for Maine governor in their final debate before Tuesday's election...Democrat Libby Mitchell says her record has been misrepresented by ads targeting...
Maine revenues remain strong
Source: The Boston Globe
Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2010-11-16 18:05:30 -0800 | political-news
Maine Maine tax officials say revenues came in stronger than expected in August, leaving the state's general fund collections over budget by $22.5 million, or 8.2 percent, two months into the fiscal year. Revenue officials told the Appropriations Committee on...
Maine wind project gets boost
Source: The Boston Globe
Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2010-09-23 17:39:38 -0700 | political-news
Senate committee has approved $10 million in funding for the University of Maine's development, deployment and testing of offshore wind turbines. Sen. Susan Collins says the Appropriations Committee approved her request. The Maine Republican said Thursday that the committee's action...
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