Hannah LaClaire

Press Herald

Hannah LaClaire is a business reporter at the Portland Press Herald, covering topics such as real estate and development, entrepreneurship and the cannabis industry among others. Before joining the Press Herald in January 2021, Hannah covered the town of Brunswick for The Times Record. She graduated from the University of Maine with a degree in Journalism, and reported for The Cape Cod Times in Hyannis, Massachusetts, and The Telegraph in Nashua, N.H., before moving back to Maine. In her free time, Hannah enjoys reading, running, cooking (eating) and traveling. She lives in Saco with her husband, her dog Olive and her cat Fred.

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Published
February 14, 2022

Maine businesses and residents feel inflation’s bite

Business owners and consumers say higher prices threaten to slow the state’s economic recovery as inflation hits a 40-year high.
Published
February 8, 2022

Proposal for lobster industry legal defense fund gets divided response

The Legislature’s Marine Resources Committee took comment Tuesday on a proposal to help pay for the industry’s court battles against regulators.
Published
February 7, 2022

Medical marijuana industry defends bills to curtail new regulations

Among other changes, the bills would require legislative approval before the Maine Office of Marijuana Policy could implement any new rules.
Published
February 7, 2022

Maine leaders seek delay of May 1 deadline for whale-friendly lobstering gear

Gov. Janet Mills and all four members of Maine’s congressional delegation say the federally mandated equipment is expensive and hard to get.
Published
February 3, 2022

Pilot internship program aims to feed Maine’s growing aquatic farm industry

The aquaculture internship program will initially target students from Maine’s community colleges, starting with the one in Washington County.
Published
February 2, 2022

Medical cannabis sellers say scaled-back overhaul of rules still would go too far

The proposed rules, pared down from a prior proposal, still include requirements that industry members say are labor-intensive and cost-prohibitive.
Published
February 1, 2022

Lawmakers consider $30 million relief fund for Maine lobstermen facing new restrictions

As written, the bill would provide relief money via the state’s general fund, thus making it a taxpayer-funded effort.
Published
January 24, 2022

Industry group opposes big changes to medical cannabis industry in Maine

According to the group, Maine’s Office of Marijuana Policy is backing off an earlier push to require supply-chain tracking of medical cannabis.
Published
January 20, 2022

Market for single-family homes may slow in Maine, but interest in multi-units is growing

Industry leaders made their predictions for 2022 at the Maine Real Estate and Development Association’s annual real estate forecast conference Thursday.
Published
January 19, 2022

Marijuana delivery bill would allow access throughout Maine

A legislative committee held a hearing Wednesday on a bill to allow recreational marijuana stores to deliver to all towns, regardless of whether they allow retail sales.