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• State economist sees ‘an advantage for the region’ when it comes to the local workforce.
• Which Halloween costume are Mainers buying most?
Stocks ended higher on Wall Street Wednesday, bringing the S&P 500 to the brink of another record high
The social media giant may be trying a different strategy to distract the world from its problems.
A survey released Wednesday shows that 11.5 percent of U.S. holiday shoppers say they plan not to spend anything on gifts and services this holiday
Walgreens will begin flying packages by drone to residents in a pair of Texas cities in partnership with Google’s drone-making affiliate, Wing
The foundation says it wants to boost access to generic versions of drugmaker Merck’s antiviral COVID-19 pill for lower income countries, if the drug gets approved by regulators,
The town awarded a bid to a private firm in September to carry out the market analysis.
The organization Andrew Butcher would lead is tasked with expanding access to broadband internet service in Maine.
In the U.S., ranches, farms and feedyards generate about 243 million tons of heat-trapping gases annually – more than five times as much as an equivalent amount of pork or chicken.
It is the largest civil penalty and backpay award ever recovered by the civil rights division in the 35-year history of enforcing anti-discrimination rules under the Immigration and Nationality Act, officials said.
