Business and Economy

In some cases, the developers are arguing that recent advancements in wind turbine technology have made newer models so efficient that older, less efficient turbines erected nearly a decade or more ago have lost much of their taxable value.

Agricultural workers in Maine would be allowed to form a union to bargain for wages, benefits and working conditions under a bill before the Legislature’s Labor Committee. But it drew opposition from several Maine farmers who say it could put them out of business.

Frontier Airlines is expanding its service from the Portland Jetport International Jetport this summer.

Unemployment rates declined in Maine's three federally recognized metropolitan areas in February.

State regulators are launching an investigation into how Central Maine Power responded to the implementation of new solar energy development in Maine. Developers say that when new legislative mandates for solar energy were introduced, CMP dropped the ball.

The city of South Portland is warning homeowners that their property taxes could jump as much as 30% this year after a revaluation.

Two of Maine’s four-member congressional delegation serve on their respective Appropriations committees and will be in the center of discussions around President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan.

Nestle announced yesterday it has sold Poland Spring, and its other bottled water brands to two private equity firms.

The lawsuit, from a U.S. Subsidiary of Brookfield Renewable, is challenging a proposed amendment to the state's river management plan, which would recommend stricter fish passage requirements.

A swab maker in Guilford has received nearly $147 million from the federal government to open a new factory in Tennessee next year.