Unemployment Rate

How A Strong Economy Pulled Up the Unemployment Rate

The unemployment rate rose in September because more people went looking for work, not because employers shed jobs. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday that the jobless rate edged up to 4.2 percent from 4.1 percent. The number of

A student practices stick welding during a welding class at the Community College of Phila

Maine to Start Paying Back to Work Bonus

Maine’s Democrat Gov. Janet Mills announced the “Back To Work” program Monday, which will give people who join the workforce a one-time payment, administered by the state’s Department of Labor and the Department of Economic and Community Development.

Olivia Gray waits for customers at the Rose Eden and Lobster restaurant on July 08, 2019 i