Hannah LaClaire is a business reporter at The Portland Press Herald, covering topics such as real estate and development, entrepreneurship and the cannabis industry among others. Before joining the Press Herald in January 2021, Hannah covered the town of Brunswick for The Times Record. She graduated from the University of Maine with a degree in Journalism, and reported for The Cape Cod Times in Hyannis, Massachusetts, and The Telegraph in Nashua, N.H., before moving back to Maine. In her free time, Hannah enjoys reading, running, cooking (eating) and traveling. She lives in Saco with her husband, her dog Olive and her cat Fred.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2022
UNE team gets $6.6 million grant to explore eye pain, potential treatments
With the National Eye Institute award, a University of New England scientist will look at how eye damage takes its physical and emotional toll.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2022
Unemployment in Maine ticking back up after summer low
After falling from pandemic highs to a low of 2.8% in July, the jobless rate crept upward slightly in September.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2022
Maine home prices rose again in September, but far less than usual
After double-digit leaps during previous months, the increase in home prices slowed. Real estate experts say the market appears to be cooling.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2022
UNE medical school’s move to Portland will allow it to grow and train more doctors
Construction on the school’s $93 million home could begin next month, and Maine’s only medical college could make the move to Portland in 2024.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2022
In Maine, cannabis store licensing fees are all over the map
For budding entrepreneurs, location matters as towns and cities vary widely – from $100 to $40,000 – in costs for setting up shop.
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PublishedSeptember 21, 2022
Maine home sales fell again in August, while prices rose, but market may be leveling off
The number of sales fell by double digits, and the median sale price increased by about the same percentage. Mortgage rates are climbing and could be a wild card.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2022
Immigrants may hold a key to solving Maine’s labor shortage
As more people leave the state’s workforce than enter it, new Mainers may play a vital role in filling the gaps.
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2022
Potential railroad strike would damage struggling U.S. economy, but effects in Maine unclear
A total of 60,000 union workers had been expected to walk off their jobs as early as 12:01 a.m. on Friday.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2022
Royce Cross stepping down as CEO of Cross Insurance, being succeeded by son
Jonathan Cross is the third generation of the Cross family to lead the 68-year-old, Bangor-based insurance provider.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2022
Data breach may have affected over 15,000 student loan borrowers in Maine
Personal information including Social Security numbers may have been illicitly accessed, and 2.5 million people may have been affected nationwide.
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