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Ticket Scalpers Are Driving O2 London Ticket Prices Up to 490%—Industry Calls for Urgent Cap
Digital Music News
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July 1, 2025
Photo Credit: Luke Dyson New analysis of over 1,000 tickets on uncapped resale sites reveals that fans hoping to catch shows like Billie Eilish, Diana Ross, and Lady Gaga are facing markups averaging hundreds of percent above face value. Some...
Senate clears $3.3T Trump bill with massive defense boost, healthcare and energy cuts
Interesting Engineering - New York
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July 1, 2025
The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate passed President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax-and-spending bill on Tuesday, locking in several of his long-promised domestic priorities. The $3.3 trillion measure now heads back to the House of Representatives,...
Made in Maine: Shop offers quality craftsmanship, but you can’t meet the makers
Mainebiz - Oregon
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The brick-and-mortar storefront in Thomaston looks like many others in Maine, with wide windows previewing the handmade furnishings and decorations inside. Depending on when you go, you might find for sale polished wooden bird houses, colorful...
Maine officials urge Congress to preserve clean energy tax credits
News Center Maine
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June 24, 2025
Maine leaders say proposed cuts to clean energy tax credits could threaten jobs and projects, warning of higher costs and slower climate progress. AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine leaders on Monday called on Congress to protect federal clean energy tax...
With Boothbay Harbor deal, Maine-based hospitality firm builds its portfolio
Mainebiz - Oregon
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The buyer of a Boothbay Harbor hotel portfolio has added it to his growing hospitality collection in the midcoast and southern Maine coastal region. A limited liability corporation, 7 Padmavati Hospitality LLC, bought the Topside Inn and the...
AMP welcomes over 1,100 maritime academy graduates to the industry
Marine Log
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June 30, 2025
Written by Nick Blenkey Maine Maritime Academy graduates stand at attention at the spring commencement ceremony, May 3, 2025. [Photo: Maine Maritime Academy] The American Maritime Partnership (AMP), the voice of the U.S. domestic maritime...
Rural Maine businesses worry about UPS cutting business operations
WGME - Maine
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SOUTH PORTLAND (WGME) -- One of the world's largest delivery companies is cutting 20,000 jobs and closing at least 73 facilities. United Parcel Service, better known as UPS, ships packages around the world. UPS says the cutbacks are the result of...
Mölnlycke Health Care makes record €115m investment to increase manufacturing capacity
Med-Tech Insights
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July 1, 2025
Mölnlycke Health Care, a global leader in MedTech, has announced its largest investment to date: a 115 million EUR (around $135.5m at time of writing) expansion of its wound care manufacturing capacity in Brunswick, Maine, USA. This move is a key...
Why Portland, Maine Is the Perfect Long Weekend Escape
Go World Travel Magazine - Colorado
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June 30, 2025
Boats along the pier in Portland, Maine. Photo by iStock Coastal Maine has long been one of my favorite destinations. Its stunning natural beauty, laid-back vibes, quirky small towns, and rich maritime culture make it unique. Portland, Maine, with...
Maine’s ocean potential is vast if science leads the conversation
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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June 24, 2025
The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Crystal Canney is executive director and spokesperson for Protect...
Tomgram: William D. Hartung, The Military-Industrial Complex Is Riding High
OpEdNews
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July 1, 2025
This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. While Donald Trump and crew have been altering so much and changing our world in so many ways -- if you doubt that, wave a...
Susan Collins and other Maine politicians react to the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ passing
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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July 1, 2025
Republicans pushed President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” through the Senate on Tuesday, with Sen. Susan Collins defecting alongside two others in her party and requiring Vice President JD Vance to cast the deciding vote. It awaits...
Tourism marketing effort will focus on Maine's downtowns and local attractions
Mainebiz - Oregon
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The development of tourism marketing strategies continues to unfold. In recent years, strategies have included the Maine Office of Tourism debut of a “Destination Management Plan,” awards of marketing grants and updates to imagery and messaging...
Maine and Oregon Join List of States Prohibiting the Reporting of Medical Debt on Consumer Reports
National Law Review
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June 23, 2025
In June, Maine and Oregon joined a growing list of states that now prohibit the reporting of medical debt to a consumer reporting agency. On June 9, 2025, the governor of Maine signed into law LD558, which amends the Maine Fair Credit Reporting...
Maine passes EPR reform to strengthen recycling, protect proven systems
Recycling Product News
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June 23, 2025
After the Maine Governor, Janet Mills, signed LD 1423 into law, the American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA) made a statement. The law, An Act To Support and Improve Municipal Recycling by Updating the Stewardship Program for Packaging, makes...
42 New Duplexes Officially Approved For Construction in Augusta, Maine
92 Moose - Maine
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July 1, 2025
The Augusta city Planning Board just gave the green light to a big new housing development off Riverside Drive. According to the Kennebec Journal, a new project that will bring 42 duplexes and two single-family homes to a currently undeveloped...
Maine congressional delegation divided over Trump's airstrikes against Iran
Maine Public Broadcasting Network
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June 23, 2025
Members of Maine's congressional delegation were sharply divided this week over President Donald Trump's airstrikes against Iranian nuclear sites, with some members expressing support and another calling the targeted bombings "reckless." In a...
Trump tax law takes aim at office snacks
Financial Planning
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July 14, 2025
The SkinnyPop in the break room may not last. Donald Trump is targeting the office snack. The president's signature tax law allows a long-standing business deduction for the cost of food provided to employees to expire, imperiling a workplace perk...
Bill pending in Senate would make high Alaska energy costs worse, groups warn
Alaska Beacon
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July 1, 2025
Alaskans pay nearly the highest percentage of their household incomes on energy of any state, and federal policy changes proposed in the budget reconciliation bill currently being debated in the U.S. Senate would make the problem worse, according...
Storms move into Maine and a few could be severe
WMTW 8 - Maine
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July 1, 2025
Tuesday starts off with dense fog across the area, with visibility dropping to under a quarter mile. A Dense Fog Advisory is in effect through 8 a.m. Clouds and fog will linger through lunchtime, especially along the Midcoast. A few light rain...