small businesses

The grants, up to $100,000, are aimed at helping businesses rebuild and become more resilient to future weather events.

Maine usually gets between 2,500 and 3,000 H-2B visas in a year. Maine businesses can begin petitioning for the visas Wednesday, if they need additional workers between now and Sept. 30.

For nearly three weeks, activists have protested against police brutality and racial injustice in hundreds of cities across the country.Sparked by those…

More than $400 million in forgivable loans have been approved for at least 1400 businesses in Maine, under the federal "Payroll Protection Act" that went…

Updated April 9, 2020 at 11:45 a.m. ET.The U.S. Senate adjourned Thursday without an agreement on a measure to boost funding for loans to small businesses…

As of Friday, 17,500 small business owners across the country had applied for the new payroll relief program, championed by U.S. Sen. Susan…

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins' office is warning small business owners of another emerging scam targeting small business owners who might be seeking payroll…

The small business loan provision of the $2 trillion federal stimulus bill is generating a lot of questions from applicants and from the banking sector.…

Gov. Janet Mills' declaration of a "civil emergency" Sunday opened up one option for some Mainers who are being financially hurt by the Covid-19 outbreak.…

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is sponsoring legislation would provide loans to help keep small businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic up and…