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Maine homes sales, out-of-state purchases increase in July

Homes also got more expensive, with the median sales price increasing by nearly 11 percent from a year earlier to $254,900.

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

by Andrea Felsted and Sarah Halzack Bloomberg Opinion August 21, 2020August 22, 2020

Recent criticisms haven’t hurt the popular grocer. Post-pandemic shopping habits might.

by MATT OTT Associated Press August 21, 2020August 22, 2020

The housing market has been one of the more resilient sectors of the economy during the pandemic.

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.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler spent Thursday in Maine touring contaminated “brownfield” sites and lobster businesses.

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.

by MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press August 20, 2020August 21, 2020

The president denounces the quest for his financial records as a ‘continuation of the most disgusting witch hunt in the history of our country.’

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

by CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press August 20, 2020August 21, 2020

The number of American workers applying for unemployment compensation climbed back over 1 million last week after two weeks of declines.