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Maine’s first municipal clean elections program shows promise for local public funding
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 1 month agoPortland’s November election, the first under the city’s new clean elections program, saw far less...
Maine gets greenlight for landmark floating offshore wind research array
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoMaine has gotten the green light to develop the nation’s first floating offshore wind research site...
Mills signs executive order to begin creation of a state Office for New Americans
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAug. 2—Gov. Janet Mills took the first major step Wednesday to create a state office to assist the growing number of immigrants in Maine. Mills signed an executive order directing the Office ...
Maine's workforce isn't keeping pace with growth, Gov. Mills tells business leaders
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo Finance· 2 weeks agoJun. 3—Efforts to attract and retain workers are helping Maine's economy grow, but the state still has work to do to fill the number of new jobs being created, Gov. Janet Mills told business ...
South Portland completes largest landfill solar project in Maine
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 27—SOUTH PORTLAND — In October 2017, Julie Rosenbach flipped the switch that started the largest municipal solar project in Maine. Also one of the first in the state, the 2,944-panel array ...
Mills hopes money for Maine 'co-working' businesses will help bring, keep remote workers
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo Finance· 2 months agoApr. 26—Remote workers flocked to Maine at the outset of the pandemic, boosting the state's population for the first time in years. Gov. Janet Mills wants to make sure they stay. Six southern ...
Portland Harbor dredging project misses out again on federal funding
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 31—A coalition seeking federal funding to dredge Portland Harbor got bad news this month when its application was once again rejected by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The cities ...
EDITORIAL: 'One-stop shop' for new residents has untold potential
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 26—Coordination. That's the key word in the proposal for a new state office designed to help people who are new to Maine with housing, job opportunities and associated support and services ...
Former Portland city manager under fire at his current post in Florida
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 17—Former Portland City Manager Jon Jennings, who left Maine to take a similar job in Clearwater, Florida, appears to be on his way to being ousted from that job, the Tampa Bay Times reported ...
First lady Jill Biden visits Southern Maine Community College
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 5—First lady Jill Biden visited Greater Portland on Wednesday, stopping at Southern Maine Community College to highlight the college's workforce training programs and the state's investment ...
