Irwin Gratz

Morning Edition Host Irwin Gratz spoke with James Marple, a senior economist for TD Bank Group, ahead of the Maine Real Estate and Development Association Conference.

Maine's unemployment rate rose a tenth of a percentage point in December, to 3.8%. The state lost 2,300 jobs from November to December, but that followed a large upward revision to the November statistics.

It's not uncommon for seals to be spotted on rocks along the Maine shoreline. But Cape Elizabeth Detective Ben Davis said a town plow operator noticed something strange going down the road at about 1:30 a.m. Monday.

Dana Connors talked recently with Maine Public's Irwin Gratz about heading the chamber for 29 years along with 11 years as state transportation commissioner and 16 years as city manager of Presque Isle.

The Maine State Library is trying to gather and preserve newspapers published for Maine's Franco-American community.

The federal government reports Mainers' personal income and gross domestic product rose in the July-September quarter

State Treasurer Henry Beck makes a list you may want to check twice. It's for unclaimed property, and your name could be on it.

McDonald had been in declining health in the last couple of years and died Tuesday.

Developers have revealed a plan to add 800 units of rental housing in Portland's Bayside neighborhood.

Several transit agencies have agreed to sign off on a distribution plan for $8 million in extra federal funding