The unemployment rate is actually about 16.3 percent for May.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Keep the middle seat empty for now, please
Up in the air, 6 feet of distance isn’t possible, but 3 feet is better than nothing.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Sen. Millett: Pandemic no time to roll back air, water protections
The work we’ve done to protect Maine can be undone and the lives of people trying to recover from a respiratory illness put at risk.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Virus a big boom for consumer fireworks sales, big bust for commercial display companies
Central Maine Pyrotechnics sees revenue loss as municipalities cancel or postpone Fourth of July fireworks shows.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Wall Street’s rally zooms higher after surprise gain in jobs
The S&P 500 jumped another 2.6% Friday after a report said the U.S. job market surprisingly strengthened last month, bolstering hopes that the worst of the recession may have already passed.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Three new deaths, 36 additional COVID-19 cases reported in Maine
Fifty-eight additional people have recovered, the state says.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
COVID-19 patients at Maine Med decrease dramatically with wave of deaths, recoveries
Coronavrius inpatient counts remain flat at most other Maine hospitals.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Unemployment rate falls to 13.3%, U.S. adds 2.5 million jobs
The May job gain suggests that businesses have quickly been recalling workers as states have reopened their economies.
Posted inNation & World, News
The Latest: Amid reopenings and protests, virus transmission remains high in much of the U.S.
This is a roundup of the latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world. The coronavirus appears to be in retreat in regions that moved decisively to contain it after being hit hard, including New York and New Jersey. But the virus is persisting – and, in some places, spreading aggressively […]
Posted inNation & World
U.K. summit calls for freely available virus vaccine
About a dozen vaccine candidates are in early stages of testing in thousands of people around the world.