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20 on '20: With jobs booked, construction firm Wright-Ryan focuses on hiring
Updated: January 13, 2020The company is stepping up its recruitment and retention efforts for 2020 to meet the demands of ongoing and planned projects.
Updated: January 13, 2020
20 on '20: Hospitality industry keeps focus on new workforce initiatives
Updated: January 13, 2020Growing the workforce will continue to be a top priority for Maine's lodging businesses and restaurants, says the executive director of an industry group.
Updated: January 13, 2020Two Maine nonprofits will use $2.3M in funding to prepare youth for construction
Updated: January 7, 2020The nonprofits, Goodwill Industries of Northern New England and LearningWorks, will use the funds to expand their YouthBuild programs, which prepare at-risk young adults for employment in construction and other industries.
Updated: January 7, 2020
Boots2Roots tweaks leadership to 'move mission forward for Maine'
Updated: January 9, 2020Bill Benson, an Army veteran and former business owner who joined Boots2Roots as program director and the group's first paid employee in June, has taken the reins as executive director.
Updated: January 9, 2020
Katie Shorey joins Live + Work in Maine
January 6, 2020In her new role, Shorey will work with Executive Director Nate Wildes to advance the business advocacy group’s mission of attracting young professionals to the state.
January 6, 2020
Mainers are moving, but in a 'balanced' way
January 3, 2020United Van Lines on Thursday released its 43rd annual report on where Americans are moving, and statistics for Maine show about equal numbers of people coming and going. But not all the results were so balanced.
January 3, 2020
600 Maine Community Foundation scholarships up for grabs
Updated: January 3, 2020In 2019, the organization awarded $3.4 million in scholarships to more than 1,200 Maine students, and expects to provide about the same number this year.
Updated: January 3, 2020
Busy year of Mainebiz events ahead, across the state
Updated: December 31, 2019The 2020 roster of discussions, celebrations and networking events organized by Mainebiz gets started next week with a panel conversation about the state's economic future.
Updated: December 31, 2019
As demand grows, disabilities services provider continues expansion, implements merger
December 30, 2019Morrison Center, a disabilities services provider headquartered in Scarborough, has been busy on several fronts. It acquired property in Westbrook to accommodate growing demand for its services, announced a pending merger with UCP of Maine, and
December 30, 2019
The year in review: There was (some) good news for Maine business in 2019
December 27, 2019In this end-of-the-year roundup, Mainebiz looks at some of 2019's most "positive" stories — ones that carry an encouraging message about Maine’s economy and companies.
December 27, 2019Maine unemployment tax rate to hold steady in 2020
December 24, 2019Maine's unemployment insurance tax rate will stay unchanged in 2020, at the lowest permissible level, although there may be some variance in specific rates for employers.
December 24, 2019Maine unemployment rate holds steady in November
December 20, 2019Maine's jobless rate has been below 4% for the 47 straight months, the longest such streak on record.
December 20, 2019
UNE expands cross-disciplinary learning with new center
Updated: December 30, 2019The center at the University of New England aims to build on a learning approach developed a decade ago within the school's health profession departments.
Updated: December 30, 2019
Maine minimum wage hike, new overtime pay rules to take effect Jan. 1
Updated: December 16, 2019Maine employers will be required to pay a higher minimum wage, as well as overtime for higher-paid employees, starting Jan. 1.
Updated: December 16, 2019Mixed grades for Maine education and career readiness in new report
December 9, 2019The analysis from Educate Maine found that the portion of residents earning a college degree or skilled trade certificate has surpassed a statewide goal, but achievement gaps remain.
December 9, 2019
UMaine System advances new tuition cuts to build workforce
Updated: December 6, 2019A proposal to reduce the non-resident tuition rate for graduate programs in the University of Maine System’s Muskie School of Public Service is designed to respond to the needs of Maine employers and grow program enrollments.
Updated: December 6, 2019
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