Experts think at least some of the rise is due to the lifting of stay-at-home orders, school and business closures, and other restrictions to stem the virus’s spread.
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Migrant farmworkers, many who have tested positive for COVID-19, move north from Florida to other farm states
Workers’ groups say that state officials and growers were slow to respond to the threat, and did not move until fairly recently to ramp up testing.
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These people have been sick with coronavirus for more than 60 days
While the majority of people with mild illness recover completely in that time, doctors say they’re seeing a small percentage who remain sick for many weeks, or even months.
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New ‘Maine Event’ set to replace canceled Charlie’s Maine Open
Plans are being finalized for a two-day tournament in August at Augusta Country Club for only Maine professionals and amateurs.
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Federal funding not enough to meet farmers’ needs, state official says
Maine Agriculture Commissioner Amanda Beal told lawmakers Thursday that although farmers have been innovative in dealing with pandemic-related disruptions, they need more help to survive.
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Maine cancels thousands more bogus unemployment claims as new filings fall sharply
The state says it canceled $13 million in unemployment benefits as the weekly number of new jobless claims hits the lowest point since the pandemic hit Maine.
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1.5 million more laid-off workers seek unemployment benefits
Nearly 21 million people in the U.S. are officially classified as unemployed.
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The Latest: Downplaying virus risk, Trump gets back to business as usual
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic around the U.S. and the world. WASHINGTON — At the White House, aides now routinely flout internal rules requiring face masks. The president’s campaign is again scheduling mass arena rallies. And he is back to spending summer weekends at his New Jersey golf club. Three months after President Trump […]
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Maine Voices: Nation challenged to create equitable ‘new normal’ for African Americans
When will we act to correct the hatred and injustice that have cost so many lives?
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Legislature eyes returning while thousands complain of hardship
Despite dysfunction in the Department of Labor, House Speaker Sara Gideon has been quiet about the troubled agency.