Add to ORKGAccording the Maine Development Foundation\u27s recent Measures of Growth report, Maine is the eighth most expensive state in the country for operating a business. Some people argue that lower costs, such as wages and real estate, combined with factors like shorter commute times, offset higher costs. Maine\u27s electricity prices and health insurance costs surpass the national average and taxes are a constant complaint. Electricity prices have been implicated in the shutdown of Georgia-Pacific\u27s Old Town mill in 2003. Businesses cite the benefits of the Business Equipment Tax Reimbursement program (BETR), but talk of changing the program makes businesses that are thinking of locating to Maine skittish. With details on proposed bus...
Maine business and the crisis in health care. Workers comp, in the wake of the Supreme Judicial Co...
Capitol Update piece on the state\u27s unfriendly business climate. Gov. John Baldacci and the Leg...
Energy is a critical cost factor to Maine people and businesses and to others who may consider reloc...
Business Maine piece on the Maine Economic Growth Council\u27s new, shortened, Measures of Growth ...
High energy costs drive away business and raise rates for Mainers. We must lower electricity rates a...
High energy costs drive away business and raise rates for Mainers. We must lower electricity rates a...
Capitol Update piece on Maine\u27s Cost-of-Doing Business ranking from the CA-based Milken Instit...
Business Maine. The Maine Economic Growth Council released Measures of Growth 2002, finding the ...
Business Maine: Statewide piece on a recent report by ISO New England, which says New England needs...
Rising electricity costs over the past several years have set off alarm bells about the possible eff...
Inside Out piece on Maine\u27s high energy costs, noting that the challenge brings opportunity for ...
While Maine has the lowest electrical rates in New England, they are still higher than in other area...
Commentary piece on the need to improve Maine\u27s business climate, noting that Maine ranked 49th ...
With 90-degree heat this week, air conditioners are cranking and electricity meters are spinning. Ho...
With 90-degree heat this week, air conditioners are cranking and electricity meters are spinning. Ho...
Maine business and the crisis in health care. Workers comp, in the wake of the Supreme Judicial Co...
Capitol Update piece on the state\u27s unfriendly business climate. Gov. John Baldacci and the Leg...
Energy is a critical cost factor to Maine people and businesses and to others who may consider reloc...
Business Maine piece on the Maine Economic Growth Council\u27s new, shortened, Measures of Growth ...
High energy costs drive away business and raise rates for Mainers. We must lower electricity rates a...
High energy costs drive away business and raise rates for Mainers. We must lower electricity rates a...
Capitol Update piece on Maine\u27s Cost-of-Doing Business ranking from the CA-based Milken Instit...
Business Maine. The Maine Economic Growth Council released Measures of Growth 2002, finding the ...
Business Maine: Statewide piece on a recent report by ISO New England, which says New England needs...
Rising electricity costs over the past several years have set off alarm bells about the possible eff...
Inside Out piece on Maine\u27s high energy costs, noting that the challenge brings opportunity for ...
While Maine has the lowest electrical rates in New England, they are still higher than in other area...
Commentary piece on the need to improve Maine\u27s business climate, noting that Maine ranked 49th ...
With 90-degree heat this week, air conditioners are cranking and electricity meters are spinning. Ho...
With 90-degree heat this week, air conditioners are cranking and electricity meters are spinning. Ho...
Maine business and the crisis in health care. Workers comp, in the wake of the Supreme Judicial Co...
Capitol Update piece on the state\u27s unfriendly business climate. Gov. John Baldacci and the Leg...
Energy is a critical cost factor to Maine people and businesses and to others who may consider reloc...