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‘A magnet for rip-off artists’: Fraud siphoned billions from pandemic unemployment benefits

by Tony Romm and Yeganeh Torbati The Washington Post May 15, 2022May 15, 2022

Identity theft and other sophisticated criminal schemes contributed to potentially $163 billion in waste, while inflicting harm on unwitting victims.

by Stephen Betts Courier Gazette April 26, 2022April 26, 2022

About 50 incarcerated people will receive the money taken two years ago amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Maine employers added about 3,400 jobs a month since January, driving the unemployment rate to its lowest point in two years.

by MATT OTT Associated Press March 31, 2022March 31, 2022

Job openings hovered at a near-record level in February, continuing a trend that Federal Reserve officials see as a driver of inflation.

The state is attempting to recoup $46 million from 11,000 Mainers it says failed to retroactively prove their eligibility for a federal aid program.

The state gained 3,200 jobs last month, largely in healthcare and social assistance, leisure and hospitality, and construction.

by Associated Press January 3, 2022January 3, 2022

Maine prison inmates filed the suit after they were denied unemployment benefits for work-release jobs they lost in the pandemic.

by Associated Press December 10, 2021December 13, 2021

The number of initial claims in Maine grew from 813 to 1,262 in the week that ended Dec. 4.

by PAUL WISEMAN Associated Press December 2, 2021December 2, 2021

Companies now complain that they can’t find workers to fill job openings, a near-record 10.4 million in September.

by CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press November 12, 2021November 13, 2021

Businesses and other employers continued to post a near-record number of available jobs.