maine economy

Published
December 2, 2022

Local business owners report strong start to holiday shopping season

Though analysts warned inflation could slow retail businesses this winter, Midcoast stores report a strong start to the season.
Published
October 11, 2022

Maine Voices: From billboards to bottles, policies speak volumes about how we want to live

In big ways and small, life really is different here in Maine. It’s up to us to keep it that way.
Published
September 6, 2022

Commentary: Maine is already a world leader in seaweed aquaculture. The only way is up.

In order for more fishing communities to grow kelp and improve the oceans, we’ll need Mainers’ help.
Published
August 19, 2022

Maine’s unemployment rate heads toward record low

The state's jobless rate hits the lowest point since the start of the pandemic and nears record lows set three years ago.
Published
August 16, 2022

Commentary: Inflation Reduction Act supports robust clean-energy economy in Maine

Solar companies like mine are now eager to increase our investment in the state.
Published
August 14, 2022

Did it work? The elusive impact of a $45 million state grant to grow jobs

The Maine Technology Institute, which awarded the taxpayer funds, makes very little data available about the investments.
Published
June 24, 2022

Maine issues last half of nearly $120 million in relief funding to municipalities

The pandemic relief money, provided through the American Rescue Plan Act, was distributed proportionally based on population.
Published
June 17, 2022

Economist: May decline in Maine’s workforce likely a seasonal blip

The state lost 2,900 jobs in May, probably the outcome of a changeover in the seasonal workforce from winter recreation to summer tourism.
Published
June 14, 2022

Workers at Morrill teen mental health facility seek to unionize

Employees at Ironwood Maine say they intend to vote to form a union to improve pay, working conditions and standards of care at the residential program and school.
Published
June 8, 2022

Roux Institute campus plans still too big for some Portland neighbors

Critics say even a slimmed-down redevelopment of the B&M Baked Beans plant is too big and includes commercial development unnecessary for the high-tech graduate school and research center.