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PublishedAugust 23, 2020
Restaurants holding on for summer, but banking on federal relief to survive
Summer has given local restaurants a boost, but cold weather – and more empty tables – are coming soon.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2020
With new precautions, Market Basket opens in Westbrook
Shoppers who visited the chain's second store in Maine on its first morning said they felt safe inside.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2020
Maine jobless rate jumps to 10% as state applies for Trump-ordered benefits program
The state's unemployment rate increased from 6.7% in June as more Mainers started looking for work and the state received more accurate survey data.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2020
Gov. Mills announces $200 million relief fund for small businesses
A state-funded grant program is aimed at stabilizing small employers, but business groups worry it will not be enough for some to stave off disaster.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2020
Continued jobless claims fall sharply in Maine as U.S. unemployment worsens
The number of recurring claims fell by 8% in the first week job-search requirements were reinstated for unemployed Mainers.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2020
Maine’s charter bus companies say they are on verge of collapse
With high overhead and almost no revenue, the companies are pinning their hopes on a federal bailout that may not come.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2020
Portland likely to miss out on Maine’s first adult-use marijuana sales
A federal judge put the city's retail license scoring system on hold after concluding its residency preference was probably unconstitutional.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2020
Community banks credited for strong emergency business loan outcome in Maine
An abundance of smaller banks helped make the federal Paycheck Protection Program more effective than in most other states.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2020
Despite trade deal, U.S. lobster exports to China are down in 2020
China vowed to buy more U.S. lobsters, but year-to-date sales are 23 percent lower than in 2019.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2020
Over 300 Portland-area businesses make racial, social solidarity pledge
The Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce's Standing in Solidarity initiative is challenging businesses to focus on implicit biases and other issues of racial injustice.
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