Maine’s unemployment rate in April stays low and steady

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Published
May 17, 2019

Maine’s unemployment rate in April stays low and steady

For the past two years, April's jobless rate has hovered at 3.3 percent.
Published
April 19, 2019

Unemployment remains steady in Maine

A preliminary rate of 3.4 percent in March is little changed from February, or from a year ago.
Published
March 22, 2019

Maine’s February unemployment rate extends streak

The state's streak of unemployment rates below 4 percent continues.
Published
March 11, 2019

Maine’s January unemployment rate unchanged at 3.5 percent

The preliminary rate continues the state's more than 3-year streak of jobless rates below 4 percent.
Published
February 17, 2019

The View From Here: Maine Republicans keep winning on taxes

Rhetoric that makes tax rates untouchable hamstrings government's ability to meet the people's needs.
Published
February 8, 2019

After 121 years, Jagger Bros. will cease making yarn in Sanford

Forty employees are affected by the decision to end operations, likely by the end of March. The company will maintain a wholesale division for niche markets.
Published
January 25, 2019

Marc A. Thiessen: If Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez were a conservative, she’d be in the hot seat

Instead, the media are soft on the error-prone young congresswoman.
Published
January 18, 2019

Maine’s unemployment rate holds steady at 3.4%

For the third month in a row, the jobless rate in Maine remained the same.
Published
January 17, 2019

Unemployment a maze for federal workers during shutdown

Some are hesitant to apply, knowing they will have to pay back the unemployment benefits when they finally return to work.
Published
January 3, 2019

Job growth expected to slow in 2019, economists say

While 2018 was a year of surprising job growth, there are warning signs of a slowdown in housing to manufacturing and projected weakening in U.S. and global growth.