Groups representing Maine health care workers, firefighters and others called on the federal government and employers to make sure they are protected from coronavirus.
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Wex announces layoffs, furloughs affecting 5% of its workforce
Business has slowed abruptly for the Portland-based payment-processing technology firm, whose CEO bought and sold thousands of company shares 2 days before the price started falling.
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Cuddledown making free masks for health care workers
The Yarmouth-based down bedding manufacturer and retailer has shifted some of its focus to manufacturing cotton masks for donation to Maine health care organizations.
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Maine Voices: Work smart to keep as many businesses open as possible
There are ways to focus on public health without unnecessarily compromising the health of our economy.
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With showrooms shut down, Maine auto dealers focus on service and remote sales
Dealers promote maintenance and repair service and online sales as they ponder how the pandemic will change their industry.
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State, lobstermen scramble to respond to judge’s right-whale ruling
The state’s marine resources chief says ‘this could not have come at a worse time,’ but notes that the court has yet to hear the fishery’s legal arguments.
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Still no date in sight for expansion of Maine unemployment benefits
Maine and other states are still figuring out how to implement a massive adjustment to the jobless claims system to include contractors and self-employed workers.
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CMP power line’s chief backer spent $5 million this year to promote it
Two groups have spent almost $10 million in all to fight a referendum aimed at killing the $1 billion project.
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Two workers at Sappi’s Westbrook mill test positive for COVID-19
Both employees appear to have been infected through exposure outside the mill, the company said.
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Garbage on the rise in Maine during pandemic, but recycling remains vital
Recycled cardboard and paper keep the supply chain moving for makers of toilet paper and cardboard boxes destined to be part of future shipments to grocery stores and hospitals.