Business Maine. In 1998 Maine led the nation in job growth; Comair flights fr

Business Maine. In 1998 Maine led the nation in job growth; Comair flights from Bangor to Cincinnati have been very successful; federal lawyers will urge the Supreme Court to give Maine probation officers overtime pay; Gov. Angus King asked the federal government to increase the truck weight limit on Maine\u27s interstate highways to 100,000 pounds; Maine Yankee nuclear power plant filed for an abatement of its Wiscasset taxes; Interstate Brands Corp., J. J. Nissen Baking Co.\u27s parent company, asked Biddeford to increase its $950,000 tax break under Tax Increment Financing; Maine humorists comment on Vermon\u27t claim that you can\u27t get there from here is a classic Vermont joke; an employee buyout is a strong possibility at Central Maine Power; Maine Medical Center purchased Jackson Brook Institute and renamed it Spring Harbor; the nonprofit Hydrogen Center wants to build a hydrogen-energy facility on the Carlton Bridge in Bath; Maine Tire of Westbrook will triple its revenues and work forces by acquiring two industrial tire and wheel manufacturers in Canada; and Freeport food distributor Maine Sysco closed