Maine’s unemployment rate increased in August, rising to 3.1 percent from July’s rate of 2.8 percent. The labor force participation…
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According to the Maine Department of Labor (DOL), Maine’s employment rate decreased slightly to 3 percent in June 2022, the…
I completed another plumbing project this past weekend. The toilet in our master bathroom had been leaking for a while.…
There are a lot of benefits to the New England Clean Energy Connect – benefits we’ve heard a great deal…
Following an upward revision to March’s jobs numbers, Maine’s unemployment rate was “essentially unchanged” at 3.3 percent in April, according…
Maine’s unemployment rate was unchanged from December 2021 to January 2022. The unemployment rate remained at 4.1% in January. The…
Maine’s unemployment rate decreased slightly to 4.7% in December 2021, according to a release issued Tuesday by the Maine Department…
According to the Maine Department of Labor’s (DOL) Center for Workforce Research and Information, the number of nonfarm payroll jobs…
The Maine Department of Labor’s (DOL) Back-to-Work grant program will close applications on Friday, August 6. The program allows employers…
A disappointing new jobs report shows that hiring is down and the unemployment is rate is up, even as wages…
President Joe Biden is pushing a federal $15 minimum wage in his sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, and the…
Advocates of a higher minimum wage rarely appeal to scholarly research to bolster their case. Instead, you’re more likely to…
I was born in Maine in 1990, making me 28 years old. I was raised in Maine, went to high…
In the months leading up to the presidential election, we’ve often heard Hillary Clinton speaking of “…trumped up, trickle-down economics.”…
Last week the executive director of the Natural Resources Council of Maine was outraged about a letter I wrote to…
Maine is home to the most skilled, honest and dedicated workers in the Country. From shipbuilding, to fishing, to teaching,…
Gov. Paul LePage’s call for restrictions on towns setting their own specific minimum wages doesn’t go far enough. The minimum…
AUGUSTA – Maine’s unemployment rate remained at 5.5 percent for the month of July – the lowest since August of…
Greetings from Amherst to all readers of the Maine Wire: With fewer than 90 days to Election Day, it’s time…
AUGUSTA – Maine’s unemployment rate remained at 5.7 percent for the month of May, according to government figures released Friday,…
Maine Democrats, including U.S. Rep. and gubernatorial candidate Michael Michaud, have mischaracterized a liberal think tank’s report to attack Republican…
AUGUSTA – Republican Gov. Paul LePage delivered his third State of the State address Tuesday night, using the opportunity to…
AUGUSTA – Maine’s jobless rate dropped to 6.2 percent in the month of December, the Maine Department of Labor (MDOL)…
By Bruce Poliquin Maine State Treasurer Maine state government’s credit rating is an objective measure of our State’s economic and…
By Michael Moroney The second presidential debate started off with a question from Jeremy, a college student who wanted to know…
Governor LePage encourages educators to promote all options for students The LePage administration has shared a report released Tuesday by…
Governor Paul LePage released on Friday a comprehensive book of accomplishments of his first 500 days in office. His 500th…
People pondering the business-friendliness of Maine’s tax and regulatory policies should be paying attention to another pair of reports this…
Department of Agriculture Chief – “without any equivocation, this product is safe, and there’s no question about it” Maine congresswoman…