Pandemic Unemployment Assistance

Politics

Maine Workers Tell Lawmakers COVID-19 Relief Package Is Urgently Needed

Patty Wight

Democratic Maine state lawmakers Friday called on Congress to pass a COVID-19 relief package and brought in struggling Maine workers to tell their…

Business and Economy

Report Finds That 182,000 Mainers Would Be Affected By Cuts To Supplemental Unemployment Benefits

Nora Flaherty

The newest COVID-19 stimulus plan that Senate Republicans released Monday would cut supplemental unemployment benefits from $600 to $200 a week. That…

Business and Economy

Maine Labor Department Says It Could Take Months To Adapt To Proposed Pandemic Unemployment Changes

Ed Morin

The $1 trillion pandemic relief package Senate Republicans rolled out Monday includes a provision that would cut the current $600-per-week enhanced…

Maine

Maine Inmate Sues Governor Over Decision To Withhold Prisoners' Unemployment Benefits

Susan Sharon

A prisoner at the Bolduc Correctional Facility in Warren has filed a federal lawsuit against the Mills administration for withholding unemployment…