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Last month, the rate fell below 3% for the first time since March 2020. Nearly 3,000 jobs were added across the state, in fields including local government, leisure and hospitality, and retail trade.
Almost 1,700 Maine veterans have been hired through the program since its inaugural 2015 event.
Matthew Foulston joined the Portland-based provider of animal-health technology and services in 2020.
Jay Dearborn, who has led WEX's corporate payments business since 2017, will oversee strategy and operational planning as the company's first chief strategy officer.
Verrill has added three litigators and two staff members formerly with Lambert Coffin.
Raymond T. "Chip" Kelley plans to retire at the end of November as KeyBank's Maine market president and commercial sales leader, according to a Monday announcement.
The head of Live + Work in Maine talks about the strategy and opportunities for marketing the state as a place to stay — and a big challenge to doing so.
New programs in animal-assisted therapy and diversity, equity and inclusion are being launched as the Bangor school seeks to increase the number of fully online students in coming years.
The bill next goes to the Senate floor. Every part of the island’s economy is feeling the squeeze of a significant affordable worker housing shortage.
"This program is a critical component of the all-hands-on-deck approach required to solving the shortages of key caregivers," said Steven Michaud, president of the Maine Hospital Association.
Whether they grew up around job sites or came to the industry another way, women in Maine are chipping away at the construction field's glass ceiling.
Moorhead takes an entrepreneur's approach to leading the nonprofit, including its part in "the largest girl-led entrepreneurial program in the world" — the Girl Scout Cookie Program.
A longtime employee succeeds Bill Williamson, who has served as the bank's Maine market president for a decade and will retire next year after more than 40 years with BofA.
The challenges must be addressed collectively, with numerous stakeholders, to ensure people can achieve and maintain stability, said one community leader.
The Bangor school's new four-year degree program in conservation law aims to open up career opportunities for graduates as game wardens, park rangers and other roles.
The operation will include a manufacturing facility and mission control. The Washington County town has “the right geography, the right people and the right attitude,” said one local leader.