Commentary: Federal COVID-19 relief package for logging, trucking companies deserves support

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Published
June 23, 2020

Commentary: Federal COVID-19 relief package for logging, trucking companies deserves support

Maine’s trade association led early efforts to seek what would be the first direct aid to loggers and forest truckers of the pandemic.
Published
June 17, 2020

Leonard Pitts: NBA restart would distract us from very serious issues. And that would be great

I can’t be the only one who needs to scream at a number that’s only a score, not a death toll.
Published
June 16, 2020

Powell warns recession ‘has not fallen equally on all Americans,’ public health crisis will dictate recovery

Powell warned that the downturn could widen economic gaps and inequalities that had begun to narrow during the economic expansion.
Published
June 10, 2020

Mnuchin says small and larger businesses will need more help

The Treasury secretary says the administration will spend a month looking at what measures should go in the next relief bill.
Published
June 10, 2020

Towns across Maine looking at budgets crunched by coronavirus

As municipal governments near the end of their budget year, local officials are considering cuts to services and programs to make up for revenue losses caused by the pandemic.
Published
June 9, 2020

Maine Voices: Individual rights do not trump state public health protections

The president's Maine visit shows how his ‘open up' rhetoric encourages people to flout pandemic control regulations.
Published
May 28, 2020

Fraud contributed to record 37,000 jobless claims, Maine officials say

Having 24,500 Mainers file claims – the other 12,500 are duplicates – is a 'sharp and suspicious' increase from recent trends, the state Labor Department said.
Published
May 24, 2020

Will coronavirus make the office obsolete?

Many working remotely in Maine are enjoying their time at home, and some employers say staff are more engaged and productive. But it's much too early to predict the long-term impact on traditional office spaces.
Published
May 22, 2020

Maine importers urge lawmakers to suspend food-related tariffs

A 25% tariff on food and beverage products is adding insult to pandemic-related economic injury for local importers of gourmet foods.
Published
May 21, 2020

More than 138,000 Mainers have filed for unemployment since March

More than 11,500 Maine workers filed new jobless claims last week, even as the state begins reopening parts of its economy.