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PublishedAugust 13, 2021
Kittery breastfeeding app-maker secures new funding, state partnership
The social app offers access to professional lactation consultants, articles and information about breastfeeding, a crowdsourced map of locations to nurse or pump, and to other new parents.
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PublishedJune 22, 2021
Commentary: As an employer, the state of Maine must stop subsidizing low-wage work
The state should lead by example and start paying all state workers at least $15 an hour.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2021
Mills commits state agencies to ‘lead by example’ in climate change fight
The governor said the state will follow a new report's blueprint for making government operations more climate-friendly.
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PublishedApril 16, 2020
Mills administration held secret meetings on pandemic with state lawmakers
Officials briefed large groups of Maine legislators privately and without public notice multiple times, in apparent violation of state law.
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PublishedApril 15, 2020
Coronavirus begins to hit Maine workers compensation system
Insurers are starting to see claims for workplace exposure, and safety experts anticipate claims from people injured at makeshift workstations at home.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2020
Small businesses ask Gov. Mills for financial relief amid crisis
Restaurants, bars and breweries are among companies asking the governor to consider more steps to help the state's hard-hit service industries.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2020
State releases list showing who’s seeking marijuana business licenses
About 300 people, including an ex-governor's brother, are vying for more than 200 state licenses to grow, manufacture or sell recreational marijuana in Maine.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2020
Bill to increase Maine overtime protections fails to win lawmakers’ support
The bill would increase the threshold for salaried workers in the state to earn overtime pay, but lawmakers said it would burden businesses in an uncertain economy.
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PublishedFebruary 19, 2020
Bill would give Maine companies preference in bidding on state jobs
The measure, which was held over from 2019, would give Maine companies a second shot at bidding if they lose out to out-of-state competitors on state construction or purchasing contracts.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2020
Report questions effectiveness of Maine tax incentive programs
Maine's business equipment tax reimbursement and exemption programs are costly for municipalities and don't appear to be effective at getting businesses to invest more in new equipment.
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