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European Union drops tariffs on U.S. lobster

The decision will put the U.S. on equal footing with Canada in what had traditionally been a huge export market for American lobster.

Shoppers who visited the chain’s second store in Maine on its first morning said they felt safe inside.

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.

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.

The number of recurring claims fell by 8% in the first week job-search requirements were reinstated for unemployed Mainers.

With high overhead and almost no revenue, the companies are pinning their hopes on a federal bailout that may not come.

by Staff Report August 19, 2020August 19, 2020

Maine Medical Center will name an open-air causeway, to be built on Congress Street in front of a new patient care tower, in honor of Sally Shaw.

A federal judge put the city’s retail license scoring system on hold after concluding its residency preference was probably unconstitutional.

An abundance of smaller banks helped make the federal Paycheck Protection Program more effective than in most other states.

China vowed to buy more U.S. lobsters, but year-to-date sales are 23 percent lower than in 2019.