Hannah LaClaire is a business reporter at The Portland Press Herald, covering topics such as real estate and development, entrepreneurship and the cannabis industry among others. Before joining the Press Herald in January 2021, Hannah covered the town of Brunswick for The Times Record. She graduated from the University of Maine with a degree in Journalism, and reported for The Cape Cod Times in Hyannis, Massachusetts, and The Telegraph in Nashua, N.H., before moving back to Maine. In her free time, Hannah enjoys reading, running, cooking (eating) and traveling. She lives in Saco with her husband, her dog Olive and her cat Fred.
-
PublishedSeptember 7, 2021
Maine’s adult-use cannabis sales surpassed $10 million in August
It was the first time the industry has reported monthly sales of at least $10 million since the state’s adult-use market launched in October 2020.
-
PublishedSeptember 6, 2021
Portland Downtown proposes using rescue funds for public toilets, water fountains
The group, which advocates for downtown businesses, wants the city to use emergency pandemic cash to provide a different kind of relief.
-
PublishedSeptember 2, 2021
Portland’s ImmuCell targeted by New York law firm over FDA setback
The law firm issued a solicitation for plaintiffs after some bad news about a product under development caused the company’s stock price to drop.
-
PublishedSeptember 1, 2021
New federal lobstering restrictions spark backlash from industry and elected officials
‘This was the worst-case scenario,’ one Maine lobsterman says of rules to protect endangered whales by seasonally restricting 950 square miles of the Gulf of Maine.
-
PublishedAugust 31, 2021
Federal regulators impose seasonal ban on traditional lobstering in part of Gulf of Maine
Lobstermen worry that the restrictions designed to protect the endangered right whale in roughly 950 square miles of federal waters along midcoast Maine will endanger their industry.
-
PublishedAugust 30, 2021
Most Maine health plans no longer waive patient costs for COVID-19 treatment
Only one major insurer, Community Health Options, is bucking the national trend and waiving cost-sharing for COVID-19 patients through the end of the year.
-
PublishedAugust 23, 2021
State regulators seeking members for medical marijuana workgroup
The group’s formation comes on the heels of a law that halted controversial rule changes proposed by the Office of Marijuana Policy.
-
PublishedAugust 20, 2021
Lawsuit against Maine T-shirt company over whale logo is withdrawn
National clothing retailer Vineyard Vines has dropped its lawsuit against Arundel-based Mountain Tops over alleged trademark infringement.
-
PublishedAugust 17, 2021
Southern Maine retailer gets caught up in lawsuit over smiling whale logos
Vineyard Vines says a whale logo printed on clothing that was sold in Maine is too similar to its own cartoon cetacean.
-
PublishedAugust 16, 2021
Tech firm born in Maine uses AI to monitor commercial fishing
New England Marine Monitoring’s new technology could drastically reduce a tedious component of fisheries management and help make the industry safer.
- ← Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- …
- 68
- Next Page →