Despite opposition from advocacy groups, the telecommunications giant tells lawmakers the requirement puts it at a disadvantage.
Whit Richardson
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Researchers tout recyclable insulation as Maine’s next big forest product
A fledgling business pitches its Earth-friendly product to win a University of Maine competition.
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Shrewd financiers exploit unsophisticated Maine legislators on taxpayers’ dime
As it has in other states, a flawed investment program thrives in Maine despite negligible returns for the low-income communities it is meant to benefit.
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USM researchers studying Maine’s growing ‘remote workforce’
Technology is allowing young, well-educated people with high-paying jobs to live where they choose, and many – like Misty McLaughlin and Elliot Murphy – are choosing Maine.
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Maine leaders want changes to tax-credits program
Piqued by revelations in a Telegram investigation, lawmakers seek fixes to the New Markets vehicle that let investors in Great Northern Paper earn $16 million in refunds after doing little to save the mill.
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Payday at the mill
How sophisticated financiers used a Maine investment program they devised to wring millions of dollars in risk-free returns at taxpayer expense.
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Ugly incident in Old Port leads to burst of online debate about race in Maine
Disparate perceptions from blacks and whites go viral after a Saco family is slurred and a witness airs her disgust.
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Edison Liu of the Jackson Lab on the art and science of creativity
Music and genetics, it turns out, are closer than you think.
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Would Eliot Cutler run for governor again? ‘No, I’ve taken a vow’
He’s excited about contributing to the good of the state another way – leading the setup of a new university business and law center.
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Camden National plans to acquire The Bank of Maine
The new bank would retain the Camden National name and surpass Bangor Savings Bank as Maine’s largest locally owned bank