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WEX hits pause on $50M Scarborough building, but not on M&A
Updated: October 30, 2020WEX Chair and CEO Melissa Smith told Mainebiz the payments company is holding off on a decision until 2021, as most of the payment firm's employees continue working from home.
Updated: October 30, 2020
Startup Maine series debuts with 'bold ideas' to support entrepreneurs
Updated: October 28, 2020"If there's a single problem, it's getting more people into this realm of making stuff," Waterville-based expert Nick Rimsa told viewers of Tuesday's webinar, for which close to 100 people had registered.
Updated: October 28, 2020$100K criminal justice simulation center slated at CMCC
Updated: October 23, 2020The Auburn center, funded by a gift from a Yarmouth foundation, will use live-scenario training to prepare students in criminal justice, forensic science and social services.
Updated: October 23, 2020
Life science community touts Maine's advantages in new marketing campaign
Updated: October 22, 2020The campaign by an industry group promotes reasons for life-science companies to consider Maine as a location. Among the benefits: a skilled workforce, a supportive business network and quality-of-life attributes.
Updated: October 22, 2020
Portland museum faces unionizing attempt, and questions about who can be part of it
October 21, 2020Some employees at Maine's largest public art institution want to be represented by a national labor union, but there's disagreement about who would be eligible for the local bargaining unit.
October 21, 2020Maine unemployment numbers improve in September, but job gains are slowing
October 21, 2020While the rate fell to its lowest level since the start of the pandemic, Maine added only 4,700 jobs in September. And the Labor Department warns the new data doesn't fully count all Mainers who have been displaced from work.
October 21, 2020
UMPI is now also a grad school, as it launches first master's degree program
Updated: October 20, 2020UMPI's new master's program in organizational leadership, the first graduate program in the school's 117-year history, will start with a cohort of 15 students this fall.
Updated: October 20, 2020
The envelope, please: Rankings released for Maine's Best Places to Work
Updated: October 19, 2020A human resources professional group announced the top honorees in a field of 84 Maine employers. That total was down slightly from the number of companies and organizations that made the cut last year.
Updated: October 19, 2020
New report urges Maine to boost education funding
Updated: October 16, 2020"Of all Maine's economic development strategies, education has the greatest return on investment," says a new policy brief by Educate Maine and the Maine State Chamber of Commerce.
Updated: October 16, 2020
UNE to build $70M medical school in Portland
Updated: October 13, 2020The University of New England expects to break ground in spring 2022 on a project that will be partly financed by a $30 million gift from the Harold Alfond Foundation.
Updated: October 13, 2020
Alfond Foundation adds $750K to Maine Maritime scholarship fund
October 1, 2020The award comes three years after the philanthropic organization issued a fundraising challenge to Maine Maritime Academy, which it exceeded.
October 1, 2020
Maine still among worst states for teachers' pay in WalletHub study
Updated: September 30, 2020The 2020 scorecard of 51 states plus the District of Columbia puts Maine at No. 48 overall for teachers, slipping from No. 42 last year.
Updated: September 30, 2020
Presque Isle-based MMG Insurance sets plan in motion for CEO transition
September 25, 2020Larry Shaw is set to retire as president and CEO of MMG Insurance at the end of 2022, and will hand the reins to Matt McHatten, the current executive vice president and chief operating officer. The company also recently hired David McPherson as
September 25, 2020
SaviLinx expands footprint as hiring spree continues
Updated: September 24, 2020The Brunswick-based call center business now has locations in Caribou and in Lawrence, Mass., and is looking to hire at all locations with more than 800 jobs to fill.
Updated: September 24, 2020Maine unemployment rate plummeted 3% in August
September 18, 2020The state's unemployment rate had spiked in July, but sank last month to near its June level. The Department of Labor said the rate was behaving "erratically."
September 18, 2020
Unum cutting 120 US jobs, including 30 in Portland
Updated: September 21, 2020Even as it cuts 30 Portland jobs in an ongoing corporate alignment, the Tennessee-based disability insurer and group benefits provider is also looking to hire around 25 others here.
Updated: September 21, 2020
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