Maine Center for Economic Policy

Job market experts view planned layoffs by Charter Communications in Portland as an early indicator of further disruptions.

“Clearly, we do not need additional unpredictability,” Patrick Woodcock, president and CEO of the Maine State Chamber of Commerce, told Mainebiz hours after the federal government shut down over a budget dispute.

Maine's minimum wage will increase to $14.65 per hour next year, a hike that's expected to boost pay for about 96,000 people. 

The study, by a nonpartisan tax policy organization in Washington, D.C., sheds light on the national and state-level economic contributions of undocumented immigrants.

From 2010 through 2023, Maine lost 19% of its nursing homes, more than any other state in New England, and served 21% fewer patients.

The labor pool is growing by smaller amounts and poses the most serious economic challenge for the state, according to a new report by the Maine Center for Economic Policy.