1+ hour, 32+ min ago   (235+ words) State lawmakers are considering a proposal that would add Maine to a growing list of states and cities that set minimum rates for rideshare drivers. The proposed measure would mandate that drivers working for transportation network companies such as Uber…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (406+ words) A state panel says Maine should do more to support mobile home parks and keep them affordable for residents. The report, which was written by officials at the Governor's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future, mobile home residents, park…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (283+ words) Two solar farms with owners from outside Maine have sued state energy regulators to block expensive new fees imposed by a rollback of the state's solar energy subsidy program. Berwick Solar and Rumford Solar alleged that last year's law illegally…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (452+ words) The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk has begun its season of winter wildlife cruises, with seals and migratory birds the primary viewing targets. On a recent Saturday morning, Connecticut Public joined about a dozen ticketed passengers and the crew of the…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (454+ words) Business group and elected officials have lined up to oppose the planned sale and eventual removal of four hydropower dams on the Kennebec River. Sappi North America, which owns a paper mill in Skowhegan, has said it relies on a…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (349+ words) A Maine-based watchdog group says major retailers are violating the state's ban on products containing toxic forever chemicals. The ban on consumer products with intentionally-added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, was extended Jan. 1 to include items such as cookware,…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (500+ words) Some celebrities donned anti-ICE pins at the Golden Globes on Sunday in tribute to Renee Good, who was shot and killed in her car by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer last week in Minneapolis. The black-and-white pins displayed slogans…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (35+ words) Second Sundays Community Concert - Jud Caswell and New Maine Songwriters'Maine Public - On Air Now Playing Maine Public Classical Holiday Stream Second Sundays Community Concert - Jud Caswell and New Maine Songwriters March 8 at 2 PM...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (295+ words) Now that some of the initial shock of the Custom House Wharf fire in Portland last Friday is wearing off, local business owners are figuring out what comes next. Beth Greenlaw, the CEO of Sea Bags, says the factory store…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (155+ words) When filmmakers are cranking out blockbusters, Tinseltown can seem like any other business " customer satisfaction measured in popcorn sales and audience smiles. But when filmmakers are passionate, movies can make audiences vibrate " with grief, with excitement, with rage. And that…...