Maine

Members of a bipartisan panel appear to agree in principle on a long-term proposal to narrow the state's annual highway funding gap by using more state revenue, adding taxes and fees and lowering annual bonding for transportation.

Fitch Ratings upgraded the private institution in Biddeford, Maine, to A-plus from A-minus.

Only a transportation bond measure survived to reach voters after the legislature's GOP minorities blocked three other borrowing proposals.

Janet Mills offered a slimmed-down compromise bond package in an effort to get borrowing proposals on the November ballot.

The Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co. sold its ownership interests in W.F. Wyman Station Unit 4, citing the need for a different power supply mix.

Maine avoided political infighting and adopted its $7.98 billion two-year budget well before deadline.

Maine will test the municipal bond market for the first time under Janet Mills, who reversed her predecessor's animosity toward bonds.

Janet Mills' embrace of bonds as a policy tool stands in contrast to predecessor Paul LePage.

Penobscot County commissioners are seeking bids for architectural and engineering design services for a new, 300-bed jail to be built in the parking lot near the current facility in downtown Bangor.

The University of Maine’s discounts on out-of-state tuition have changed its student population and officials foresee a post-graduation payoff for the state.