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V I E W P O I N T S W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 3 F E B R UA R Y 6 , 2 0 1 7 For a daily digest of Maine's top business news, sign up for the Mainebiz Daily Report at mainebiz.biz/enews Get Maine's business news daily at mainebiz.biz and on Twitter (@Mainebiz). Below is some of the best from our online-only offerings: Featured @ Mainebiz.biz From the Editor I 'm happy to report that Mainebiz has some new faces and several changes on the editorial side. We have promoted Jim McCarthy to the role of Digital Editor. In more than four years as a Senior Writer at Mainebiz, Jim did an admirable job jug- gling a range of industries, including health care, forest products and energy. Jim's news judgment and experience have raised the level of Mainebiz's editorial content. He has also worked hard to build his social media presence on Twitter. He has already brought new energy and a heightened news judgment to our newsletters, including the Daily and the Weekly reports. Jim will continue to cover energy, forest products and health care policy, though his focus will be digital coverage. Laurie Schreiber, who has been a correspondent for Mainebiz for nearly three years, joined Mainebiz as a Staff Writer, eff ective Feb. 1. Laurie has been a jack of all trades, covering a range of stories. She's demonstrated a willingness to take on new chal- lenges. She has developed real estate sources and helped elevate the Real Estate Insider, transforming the lead story from a simple for-the-record piece about a transaction to a story that gives the back- ground not only about a building that's been sold but also about the buyer and his or her intentions. Laurie, who will continue to work from Mount Desert Island, will also cover the tourism industry. Senior Writer Renee Cordes, who joins the staff on Feb. 6, comes to us from Brussels, Belgium, where she'd worked as a correspondent for e Deal and e Street. She also worked for Bloomberg in Germany. e Chicago native has both a bachelor's and a mas- ter's from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern. After years abroad, she and her husband, a Cleveland native, settled in Portland in October. At Mainebiz, she'll cover a range of topics: banks and fi nancial services, professional services (law, accounting, insurance, wealth management), workforce development and HR, higher education and transportation/infrastructure. Lori Valigra, who has been a Senior Writer at Mainebiz for four years, is also shifting her duties. She will take over the Food Insider, a weekly news- letter that goes out by subscription. She assumes the role from Tina Fischer, who did a stellar job building the newsletter. Lori will continue to cover innovation, life sciences, international trade, venture capital and fi nancing. Lori, who takes on the title of Senior Writer / Content Specialist, will continue to write the Biz Money column as well. I'd also like to note that for Lori's cover story on the Wellness Connection of Maine, she and photographer Tim Greenway had the the most extensive access of any media team in fi ve years. Great work. Overall, Mainebiz now off ers a broader team and more extensive coverage to the businesses and busi- ness issues in Maine. Peter Van Allen pvanallen@mainebiz.biz New hires, new roles at Mainebiz Sen. Collins co-sponsors replacement plan for Obamacare Legislation intro- duced in the U.S. Senate by U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Bill Cassidy, R-La., offers a replacement plan for Obamacare that would give Maine and other states greater say in setting rules for their health insurance mar- kets. Find out more about the Patient Freedom Act of 2017 at mainebiz.biz/patientfreedom Eight tourism initiatives receive $112,000 in 'enterprise' grants "Tourism is an integral part of Maine's economy, supporting 99,000 jobs and contributing to quality of life for Maine residents," says Commissioner George Gervais of the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development. Find out which tourism initiatives have received funding from the Maine Office of Tourism to boost their market- ing efforts in 2017. mainebiz.biz/tourismboost The link between diet and lifespan MDI Biological Laboratory research- ers have achieved promising insights related to why diet can prolong lifespan. Find out how their research involving the tiny roundworm called C.elegans might one day lead to therapies that could extend the human lifespan at mainebiz.biz/MDI Be smart. BE SHUR. bernsteinshur.com When you need someone committed to raising the bar, not just passing it. 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