U.S. Sen. Susan Collins

Boston-based New Balance athletic footwear manufacturer has just completed a 120,000-square-foot expansion to its Skowhegan factory.  

For 12 years, the Police Activities League community center has served at-risk children. The positive impact has been profound, said City Manager Phil Crowell.

The biggest chunk of the funding, $11.3 million, will go to the Portland International Jetport for projects including terminal expansion.

The 21,000-square-foot center, across from UMA’s main campus, expands capacity for real-world training programs in nursing and cybersecurity.

Woodfords Family Services — with locations in Brewer, Kennebunk, Manchester, New Gloucester, Waterville and Westbrook — will host an event Aug. 21 to note progress on its Manchester renovation.

Current law excludes loggers from the kinds of disaster relief and assistance available to other industries, including fishermen and farmers, when natural disasters strike.  as a result of storms and other natural disasters.

Training an outdoor recreation workforce, developing a shared commercial kitchen and modernizing health care campuses are on the docket for federal grants.

The Department of Labor's plans to close more than 120 Job Corps centers across the U.S. — and all five in Maine —have been paused by a federal judge.

The Chamber advocated for an extension of policies enacted under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which dates to 2017 and reduced the corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21%

Millions of federal dollars have been frozen from grant programs at research labs across the state, and the Univ. of Maine has had funding terminated from a number of programs. Some of the grant dollars have been restored, others are tied up in legal action.