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My name is Keith Michaud and this is “Letters From Away,” a blog written by a Mainer living outside the comfortable and sane confines of New England. The blog is intended for Mainers, whether they live in the Pine Tree State or beyond, and for anyone who has loved ’em, been baffled by ’em or both. Ayuh, I am “from away.” Worse still, I live on the Left Coast – in California. Enjoy! Or not. Your choice.
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- How Maine Became a Laboratory for the Future of Public Higher Ed | The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Angus King Urges Interior Department To Reconsider Offshore Drilling Proposal | Mainepublic.org
- Maine Voices: Higher education, employers must work together for bright future | Portland Press Herald
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25,000 Mainers may lose their jobless benefits | The Kennebec Journal, Augusta, ME
Posted in Economy, Law and Order, Politics and government
Tagged benefits, Congress, Economy, jobless, recession, unemployment
Unemployed Left Waiting | Bangor Daily News
Posted in Consumer warnings, Economy, Law and Order, Maine, News and Newspapers, Politics and government
Tagged consumer spending, Democrats, Economy, extension, FMAP, Fourth of July, holiday, holiday recess, July 4th recess, Maine, Medicaid Federal Medical Assistance Percentage, recession, Republicans, Sen. Olympia Snowe, Sen. Susan Collins, unemployment benefits
Shallow Labor Pool | Bangor Daily News
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Tagged Advancing Maine Conference, Center for Workforce Research and Information, Economy, education, globalization, labor force, labor pool, Maine, Maine Department of Labor, policy makers, recession, technological change, University of Maine, workers
Maine recession ‘over’ but damage will linger | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram
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Home sales up in Maine in February | Lewiston Sun Journal
Maine eyes federal jobs bill
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AUGUSTA, Maine — Legislative leaders called on Congress Tuesday to pass another stimulus package featuring tax breaks for small businesses that add employees, investment in infrastructure improvements and additional financial relief for states.
Gov. John Baldacci, meanwhile, held a jobs summit with business leaders from around the state on Tuesday to solicit ideas on steps government can take to help companies and the state grow their way out of the recession.
“That’s why every one of you gets up every day and it’s certainly before me every single day,” Baldacci told representatives from 80 businesses across the state.
At a midday press conference, Democratic leaders from the House and Senate urged Congress to move forward with a jobs stimulus bill reinvesting money from the federal bailout of financial institutions, known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP.
Click on the link for the rest of today’s story by Kevin Miller of the Bangor Daily News.
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