In the wake of the Associated Press report about Gov. Paul LePage’s administration aggressively trying to derail Statoil’s offshore wind development project in the Gulf of Maine, I wrote today about how that may affect the Maine Public Utilities Commission’s evaluation of the University of Maine’s proposed offshore wind project. One thing I didn’t have […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today unveiled new guidelines that limit the amount of carbon dioxide new coal- and natural gas-fired power plants will be allowed to emit. Interested to know if these new regulations will have any impact on Maine’s existing power plants or the cost Mainers pay for electricity, I called up Dan […]

Friday is it, the last day to nominate that deserving someone for one of Fusion Bangor’s annual awards. The group, formed as a network for the Bangor region’s young-ish professionals, will bestow three awards at its annual event, dubbed The Extravaganza, on Sat., Nov. 9 You can nominate someone for… Fusion’s Leadership and Vision Award, which […]

Three out-of-state companies are visiting Maine later this month to explore the possibility of doing business in the state, according to a press release from Gov. Paul LePage’s office released Tuesday morning. The companies are coming, the release claims, as a direct result of Gov. LePage’s visit to Florida last month for the U.S. Manufacturing Summit, […]

I reported on Tuesday that 13 Maine companies made Inc. magazine’s list of the country’s 5,000 fastest-growing private companies. A few names were no surprise. I knew CashStar, Vets First Choice and Putney — a digital gift card provider, an online pharmacy for veterinary practices, and a pharmaceutical company developing generic drugs for pets, respectively — are […]

While we still talk about how the Internet has fundamentally changed the world we live in and how businesses reach and interact with customers, there’s a new revolution going on that is already ushering in new challenges for businesses. The mobile revolution is happening, and businesses should pay heed. As mobile becomes more ubiquitous — […]

Sen. Angus King didn’t hold anything back when he shared his opinion of current U.S. trade policy at a recent event in Washington, D.C. He said it’s “bullsh**” that manufacturers in other countries with weaker labor and environmental regulations are able to sell goods into the United States before improving their manufacturing standards, according to […]

On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law as amendments to the Social Security Act of 1935. The two programs provide health insurance for the elderly and certain low-income individuals, respectively. Here is a quick snapshot of Maine’s involvement with the two programs on the occasion of their 48th birthday. 276,467 […]

Maine continues to make headlines for how the Legislature handled its relationship with Statoil, the Norwegian company that had plans to deploy a $120 million pilot offshore wind project in the Gulf of Maine. The headlines do not cast Maine or the Legislature’s actions in the most favorable light. In a column published on The Huffington […]