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The Maine American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit demanding the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection turn over information about citizenship security checkpoints across Maine.
A lawsuit filed Monday in Portland alleges that an Iowa-based national trucking firm violated federal law by using a pre-employment “back assessment” to screen out and reject job applicants it regarded as disabled for truck-driving positions.
Walmart Inc. violated federal law by failing to reassign a long-term employee after she became disabled while working at one of its stores in Augusta, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleges in a lawsuit filed last week.
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens can proceed with its $30 million expansion thanks to a federal ruling earlier this week. A judge approved a consent agreement that settles two lawsuits filed against Boothbay over a Nov. 9, 2017 board of appeals
The U.S. Department of Justice has notified Bates, Bowdoin and Colby colleges that they are included in an investigation into whether U.S. colleges and universities are violating antitrust laws by exchanging information among themselves about early
The University of Maine School of Law will send more students to rural areas this summer in its efforts to improve legal representation for people living outside major population centers.
Maine Attorney General Janet Mills joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general and the City of Chicago on Thursday in a lawsuit alleging the Trump administration is ignoring its legal duty to control emissions of methane from existing oil and gas
Maine's Bureau of Financial Institutions issued a warning Monday about a scam involving updates to financial institutions' online banking platforms.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Michael Liberty, a Gray native and founder of the fintech startup now known as Mozido Inc., with a scheme to trick hundreds of investors into investing in his shell companies instead of Mozido.
Nearly six years after opening, Opticliff Law, a business and trademark law firm in Portland, has reached cruising speed.
A new legal threat looms over The Federated Cos.'s long-delayed mixed-use Bayside project on Somerset Street in Portland.
A settlement that would allow the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, which had 190,000 visitors last year, to proceed with a $30 million expansion faces a public hearing and possible action tonight by the Boothbay Board of Selectmen.
The owner of J's Oyster, an iconic restaurant and bar on Portland's waterfront, has been sentenced to four months in jail for pocketing sales taxes paid by the restaurant's customers, as well as for failing to pay her personal and corporate income
The University of Maine School of Law just shot up in closely watched national law school rankings, but the school's dean, Danielle Conway, sees that as a mixed blessing.
The Retail Association of Maine is supporting a “friend of the court” brief filed by its national trade group in a South Dakota lawsuit filed against Boston-based online home goods retailer Wayfair that asks the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit the
An expert on land use and environmental law is urging Maine's highest court to reexamine two controversial rulings from the late 1980s restricting public access to beaches.
Maine's housing shortage is fueling the cost of buying a home. In March, Maine's median home price was $381,500, up 9% from a year ago, according to Maine Listings. In Cumberland County, including the Portland area, the median sales price was $565,000 last month.
Higher prices are also putting pressure on the rental market. Young people, singles and families new to Maine are looking to get rentals, but so are potential home buyers who can't find a home in their price range. Higher interest rates are also an issue.
As a place to rent, Maine ranks No. 13 in the U.S., with average monthly rents reaching $1,971, according to a new Ipsos iSay survey of American renters.
With so many people shut out of buying a home, we're curious what alternatives people are finding.
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