The state gained 3,200 jobs last month, largely in healthcare and social assistance, leisure and hospitality, and construction.
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Posted inMaine, News
Cutler resigned from philanthropic agency board on same day houses were searched
Two-time candidate for Maine governor Eliot Cutler served as president of the Lerner Foundation, a Portland-based nonprofit. Police still aren’t saying why his properties in Portland and Brooklin were searched.
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Posted inNation & World
U.S. ready to auction wind energy rights off Carolinas coast
Sixteen bidders have been found eligible and they can buy either or both sites.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, Politics
Maine’s senators generally favor US Supreme Court nominees
Voting against Ketanji Brown Jackson’s bid for a Supreme Court seat would mark a break in Pine Tree State tradition.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
‘We will SMASH you’: Dropkick Murphys feud with neo-Nazis
The band’s attorneys sent a cease-and-desist letter to a neo-Nazi group that used one of the band’s songs in a video posted on social media.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Democrats appear united on Jackson, but GOP votes may be elusive
Sen. Joe Manchin’s announcement that he will vote in her favor indicates that she will likely have the support of all 50 Senate Democrats.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Morning Sentinel, News
Week In Photos March 18-25, 2022
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Amy Calder: Young Waterville-area swimmers head to nationals
The Waterville Area YMCA’s Mid-Maine Dolphins team will go to Florida next month to compete against others from across the country, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inBusiness, News
Chip shortage forces GM to pause pickup truck production at Indiana plant
Automakers and many analysts say the chip shortage will ease but not return to near normal levels until 2023.
Posted inNation & World, News
Justice Thomas discharged from hospital, Supreme Court says
Thomas 73, missed three days of arguments while hospitalized for longer than the court originally said was likely.