Unemployment
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PublishedDecember 22, 2020
What the new stimulus package will mean for 50 million food-insecure Americans
An estimated 13% of all adult Americans have reported they sometimes or often didn't have enough to eat the last 7 days.
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PublishedDecember 22, 2020
State delivers $600 checks to 40,000 jobless Mainers
The one-time payment will go to those unemployed because of COVID-19 as the state prepares to start new federal jobless benefits.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2020
Maine’s job recovery since the early pandemic has ground to a halt
The November jobs report showed a decrease of 500 jobs, after consistent but dwindling increases since a collapse in the labor market this spring.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2020
With pandemic aid set to expire, new unemployment claims hit 5-month high in Maine
Claims for state benefits totaled about 3,000 for the second consecutive week, which officials say is the result of seasonal layoffs.
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PublishedDecember 10, 2020
Maine’s new jobless claims hit 5-month high as virus surges
Almost 3,000 state unemployment claims were filed in the first week of December, the largest number of new claims filed in a single week since mid-July.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2020
Maine to make one-time $600 payments to jobless residents
Thousands of Mainers who could lose unemployment benefits if federal programs expire this month will receive payments under the state's new Pandemic Relief Program.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2020
Thousands more Mainers apply for unemployment
Job losses remain high as a December deadline on federal benefits looms and Maine's labor commissioner asks Congress to extend aid.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2020
With federal aid running out, Mills and Maine congressional delegation urge action
The state has committed more than $1.2 billion of the $1.25 billion it received from Congress to help it address a myriad of coronavirus-related expenses.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2020
Commentary: Fifty states, 50 pandemic economies
Places that are tied to travel and tourism are less insulated, and that has important implications for government spending plans.
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PublishedNovember 25, 2020
Another 2,800 Mainers file new unemployment claims
Tens of thousands more are filing weekly to collect continued unemployment benefits as the economy continues to struggle.
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