Remote workers who relocated during the pandemic have not simply reverted to their prior cities as offices reopened. A substantial number of those remote transplants transitioned to Maine-based employers, deepening their roots rather than loosening them.
As retirement approaches, the focus shifts from maximizing growth to sustaining a lifestyle — often for decades — while managing both market volatility and inflation risk.
If we want investors, job seekers and new residents to believe that Maine is a place where ambitious work happens, we must make that work public, our guest columnist writes.
Figuring out which jobs are best left to AI — and which require the human touch — is critical to using AI in a way that’s ethical, effective and profitable, our guest columnist writes.
Maine faces workforce challenges that need new solutions. But the good news that the state and its businesses are finding innovative ways to tackle the labor shortages.
Manufacturers across Maine are investing in advanced technologies, expanding into global markets and creating good-paying jobs in communities of all sizes.
A recent moratorium on development of performing arts venues of 2,000 seats or more "is just the latest in a series of signals that all point in the same conclusion: it’s time to revisit and renew our vision for the Arts District," writes guest columnist Kate Sykes.
Life sciences is a $2.3 billion industry in Maine, and the sector’s job growth has exceeded 30% in recent years — outpacing job creation in all other industries.