Governor’s Credit Ratings Claims Ignore Maine’s Precarious Financial Position

“The governor may tout his health care policies as good for the state . . . But he is wrong. And Maine’s “AA” credit rating from Fitch, […]

Christy Daggett

Posted April 28, 2015

Tags Health Care, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Labor Force Participation Falling (graph)

Mark Sullivan

Posted March 20, 2015

Tags Employment, Jobs

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

The only surprise in Maine’s labor force participation decline is why it took so long to happen

Maine’s labor force participation was 64.1% in 2014, down from 65.1% in 2013, according to model-based estimates from the Labor Department released earlier this year. Maine’s 2014 […]

Marpheen Chann-Berry

Posted March 19, 2015

Tags Employment, Jobs, Unemployment

Jobs and Income

Maine's Jobs Recovery Trails the Nation and New England

Mark Sullivan

Posted December 19, 2014

Tags Employment, Jobs

Maine’s Economy

Maine Jobs Recovery Continues to Trail the Nation and New England

Beyond the good news, bad news stories of businesses expanding or shuttering are broader trends that affirm a critical challenge that too many Maine families are facing: […]

Garrett Martin

Posted December 19, 2014

Tags Economy, Jobs, Unemployment

Jobs and Income

Maine's Injured and Disabled Workers: A Humanitarian Challenge and an Economic Opportunity

Workers hurt on the job have no lobby in the State House, so little fanfare accompanied the Bureau of Labor Statistics release on workplace injury this week. […]

Christy Daggett

Posted December 15, 2014

Tags Employment, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Maine's Jobs Recovery Still Weak

Today’s jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) doesn’t give us much new information. Maine’s unemployment rate is about the same as the national […]

Garrett Martin

Posted November 21, 2014

Tags Employment, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Maine Job Watch- October 2014

Mark Sullivan

Posted November 21, 2014

Tags Employment, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Portland Continues to Drive Job Growth

The greater Portland area—extending from Kennebunk in the south to Freeport in the north—continues to account for most of the job growth in Maine over the past […]

Joel Johnson

Posted October 29, 2014

Tags Employment, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Maine's Job Growth Is Concentrated in Portland

Mark Sullivan

Posted October 29, 2014

Tags Employment, Jobs

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Governor’s Credit Ratings Claims Ignore Maine’s Precarious Financial Position

Labor Force Participation Falling (graph)

The only surprise in Maine’s labor force participation decline is why it took so long to happen

Maine's Jobs Recovery Trails the Nation and New England

Maine Jobs Recovery Continues to Trail the Nation and New England

Maine's Injured and Disabled Workers: A Humanitarian Challenge and an Economic Opportunity

Maine's Jobs Recovery Still Weak

Maine Job Watch- October 2014

Portland Continues to Drive Job Growth

Maine's Job Growth Is Concentrated in Portland