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Pennsylvania-based Pixelle Specialty Solutions stopped production of paper in March and shut the mill down permanently.

Pennsylvania-based Pixelle Specialty Solutions stopped production of paper in March and shut the mill down permanently.

To Clinton tax assessor Garnett Robinson, any industry making money from its real estate or property should pay its entire share in taxes to the municipality it’s based in. Otherwise, Robinson says, the burden falls on individual taxpayers to fund...

A state tax exemption benefits industrial companies for cutting down on pollution but also draws millions of dollars away from small-town tax revenue, and never expires.

The state tax exemption benefits companies for reducing pollution but also draws away millions in tax revenue from small towns.

A state statute rewards companies for limiting pollution at the cost of the towns where they’re located. For Wiscasset, the price tag could be in the millions.

The town of Wiscasset looks set to go to court over a Maine Department of Environmental Protection decision to give tax breaks to a facility that stores spent nuclear fuel from the decommissioned Maine Yankee power plant. The exemption, which has...

Maine statue rewards companies for limiting pollution at the cost of the towns where they’re located, including in Wiscasset.

The state statute rewards companies for limiting pollution at the cost of the towns where they’re located.

The devil is in the details, as they say, and when it comes to PFAS regulation, there are a lot of details. That was the message from Maine Department of Environmental Protection staff when they updated lawmakers earlier this month on their efforts...