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
September 25, 2023

Biddeford manufacturer provided critical piece for NASA’s asteroid mission

Fiber Materials Inc., which was recently acquired by Spirit AeroSystems, produced the space capsule’s heat shield, the company’s latest contribution in a string of NASA missions.
Published
September 24, 2023

Is Sanford the next Biddeford? City readies for renaissance

A $50 million mill renovation is just the latest investment launching the beleaguered York County municipality as Maine’s next destination city.
Published
September 21, 2023

Maine housing market stuck on falling sales, rising prices

It’s the same old song and dance as a tight inventory slows sales and pushes some prices up.
Published
September 21, 2023

Close to half of Maine’s medical cannabis may contain pesticides, mold, officials say

Of 127 samples tested, 57 – or about 45% – would have failed the standards for the recreational-use market, meaning they contained at least one banned material or substance.
Published
September 18, 2023

Changes are coming to Maine’s $300 million medical cannabis industry

Medical cannabis growers could face increased regulations as adult-use sales start to match medical.
Published
September 10, 2023

What’s in the pipeline to help Maine workers with children

A bill sponsored by Sen. Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, and signed by Gov. Janet Mills devotes about $60 million to Maine’s child care system over the next two years.
Published
September 10, 2023

Maine employers step up to relieve child care pressures on working parents

Finding ways to make child care more affordable and accessible is a strategy Maine businesses hope will help them find and keep employees.
Published
September 7, 2023

Maine’s adult-use cannabis industry in full bloom

Sales continue to break records with August alone topping $21 million.
Published
September 5, 2023

Maine utility ballot question likely to be tied up in court for years

An analysis by the state’s public advocate presents information, but few conclusions, about November’s utility referendum.
Published
September 4, 2023

Maine cannabis regulators consider new rules to expand consumer access

The agency regulating the sale of adult-use cannabis in Maine is proposing a new set of rules designed to increase consumer access. The changes, which come amid record-breaking sales, are primarily based on two bills passed in the Legislature this year: one intended to reduce the stigma around cannabis and another to correct an oversight […]