maine News Updates

Government, Business

Business: Border States Fear Impact From Tariffs on Canada and Mexico

Political leaders representing states that border Canada and Mexico are sounding the alarm about how cross-border tariffs between those countries and the United States will impact their local economies, and their states’ residents.  

March 12, 2025
Government, Business

Border States Fear Impact From Tariffs on Canada and Mexico

Political leaders representing states that border Canada and Mexico are sounding the alarm about how tariffs between those countries and the U.S. will impact their local economies.

March 6, 2025
Government, Business, Technology, Safety

FHWA Awards $96M to 16 States for High-Tech Safety Projects

For truckers, Maine was awarded $5.2 million to offset a $6.5 million project to develop real-time hazard alerts about congestion, bad weather and height restrictions on low bridges.

October 31, 2024
Government, Business, Logistics

Maine’s Coburn Gore Border Port Set for $85M Expansion

Construction is scheduled to begin in the fall of 2026 to update the Coburn Gore land port of entry.

September 10, 2024
Government, Business, Logistics

Maine’s New Madawaska Bridge to Canada Opens

A new bridge and land port of entry between Maine and Canada has opened, the culmination of a $97.5 million project to build a larger structure to replace a 104-year-old span.

June 24, 2024
Government, Business, Technology

Maine Considering California-Esque EV Sales Incentives

Maine environmental regulators will decide next week whether the state should join others in adopting California-style regulations to limit the sale of new gas-powered vehicles.

December 13, 2023
Government, Business, Logistics

GSA Is Moving Ahead to Rebuild Two Maine Land Ports of Entry

Two freight land ports from Maine to Canada are getting closer to being revamped as part of the U.S. General Services Administration's $3.4 billion infrastructure investment fund plan.

October 12, 2023
Government, Business

Maine Motor Vehicle Taxes Are New Highway Fund Source

Maine Gov. Janet Mills has signed a two-year, $829 million highway budget law creating a reliable revenue stream to fund highway repairs using portions of state motor vehicle taxes.

June 26, 2023
Government, Business, Safety

Maine Sets $1.8 Billion Plan for Infrastructure Upgrades

Three steel bridges in Maine that cross Interstate 95 and date to the Dwight Eisenhower administration are included in a $1.8 billion plan to overhaul some of the state’s transportation infrastructure.

February 9, 2022
Government, Business, Safety

Maine Voters Approve $100M Transportation Bond

Maine voters backed a question Nov. 2 authorizing another $100 million in transportation bonds, the seventh straight year the state has approved such a referendum aimed at addressing funding shortfalls for crucial infrastructure.

November 4, 2021