The group consists of 30 agencies who provide Medicaid services to Mainers with intellectual disabilities and autism.
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Older Mainers are filling gaps in a tight labor market
Often working part time, people age 65 and older have become a critical resource in the state’s economy.
A foodie city needs affordable housing for those doing the feeding | Column
Portland’s apartment rental market is pricing out those who make the city’s reputation happen.
Thousands of people moved to Maine since the pandemic. The influx isn’t over.
Remote work made it possible for more people to live here. It has helped the state but is straining it, too.
As Trump ends DEI efforts, Maine conference helps businesses increase diversity hiring
Inclusion Maine conference draws employers who want to attract a more diverse workforce at a time when even holding the event runs counter to the Trump administration’s anti-DEI efforts.
Maine shipyards would get boost from defense spending proposal
The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved additional investments in the state shipyards, with billions allocated to shipbuilding programs and the procurement of new ships for the U.S. Navy.
Job openings in Maine are dropping, signaling return to ‘normalcy’
But experts say the trend could be short-lived.
Saco could add over 200 new housing units
Three properties in Saco could be rehabilitated into housing over the next year.
U.S. job openings pick up to 7.7 million as labor demand steadies
Available positions increased to 7.74 million from a revised 7.37 million reading in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey showed Tuesday.
UNE announces free tuition for some students
Applicants with a high school GPA of at least 3.85 and a family income of less than $100,000 qualify for free tuition starting next fall.