Gun manufacturers have made a dramatic exodus from Maine
Between 2007 and 2021, commercial gun manufacturing in Maine plummeted 77 percent while national production shot up 250 percent, according
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Leaked memo says Maine has hundreds of illegal Chinese marijuana grows worth billions
A leaked government memo says there are 270 marijuana growing sites in Maine that are linked to China and could
Read moreThat high grocery bill is not in your imagination
Maine isn’t the most expensive place to buy groceries, but it’s close. It ranks third, behind Hawaii and Massachusetts, according
Read moreInside Maine’s plan to provide retirement accounts to workers who lack them
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine is set to launch a pilot program this fall to provide retirement savings accounts to workers who are
Read moreMaineGeneral to eliminate 28 positions to outsource medical records transcription
The health care system serving the greater Kennebec Valley region will eliminate 28 positions responsible for transcribing medical records when
Read moreInvestors are snapping up 1 in 5 single-family homes in Maine
Investors are regularly buying more than a fifth of Maine’s single-family homes going on the market, according to CoreLogic, a
Read moreMills cutting pulpwood orders cause ‘world of hurt’ for Maine loggers
At least two Maine paper mills that have been major buyers of pulpwood dramatically cut orders in the past couple
Read more25 years of low-income foreclosure protections are at stake in this Maine case
A case that has sat before the Supreme Judicial Court since late 2021 could upend Maine’s policies on foreclosures and
Read moreMadawaska gets $2 million in federal funds for shopping plaza
MADAWASKA, Maine – Madawaska is getting $2 million from the federal government to help revitalize its Midtown Shopping Plaza. Officials said the
Read moreMaine was only state to gain income from pandemic population shifts
Maine is the only state where every county gained income from 2020 to 2021, due to a swelling population during the
Read moreA surprising Maine town has seen home prices double since 2020
Most Maine cities and towns have seen home prices rise by at least 30 percent since the start of the
Read moreWhile Collecting Millions in COVID Relief, MaineHealth Bought Commercial Real Estate
The following report from Chris Woodard was originally published in NH Journal. It is re-published here with permission. To read
Read moreMaine had the nation’s largest drop in foreclosures
The number of foreclosure filings in Maine dropped in the first six months of this year compared with the same
Read moreBangor rules on 1st of 60 applications for $16M in COVID-relief funding
Bangor ostensibly approved giving $415,000 in pandemic relief funding to one local organization — though city councilors discussed eight requests
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