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There is a new online short-form questionnaire that is designed to help Mainers who have not been able to start an unemployment claim, for any number of…
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More Mainers went back to work in June. The Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the state's unemployment rate fell from 9.3 percent in May to…
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A half-dozen Republican members of the Maine House of Representatives are calling for a special session of the legislature to deal with spending and other…
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Unemployment benefits have been a lifeline for many people who have lost work because of the pandemic. But the huge federal expansion of the unemployment…
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Thousands of Mainers have reported problems in trying to obtain unemployment. Thousands of other Mainers have had unemployment claims fraudulently filed…
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Gov. Janet Mills has signed an order shifting up to $270 million in federal CARES act money to bolster the state unemployment trust fund. The move assures…
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Nearly 3,000 more Mainers filed first-time claims for unemployment in the week ending June 13, according to Maine’s Labor Department. Another 2,900 people…
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Maine’s top financial officials say state revenues are doing better than expected overall, but warn that the loss of revenue is still significant and will…
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The Maine Department of Labor has identified and cancelled some 2,200 unemployment claims determined to be fraudulent. As the state's unemployment program…
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An effort to fill 1000 production and manufacturing jobs in Southern Maine continues amid a time of record unemployment —10.6 percent in the month of…