With the economy rebounding, 22 states, from Texas and Georgia to Ohio and Iowa, plan to begin blocking a $300-a-week federal payment for the unemployed starting in June.
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Lewiston ranks No. 1 for ‘most attractive for real estate employment’ out of 179 cities
• Please forward my mail: How many people moved in and moved out by county last year
• How many Mainers have worked from their cars during the pandemic?
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Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
Colonial Pipeline confirms it paid $4.4 million to hackers
CEO Joseph Blount says he authorized the payment because the company didn’t know the extent of the damage and wasn’t sure how long it would take to bring the pipeline’s systems back.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
How to ease out of mortgage forbearance, avoid foreclosure
About 3 million people are behind on their mortgages, the most at any time since the Great Recession, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Posted inBusiness, Noteworthy
Maine Source Homes & Realty hires Dustin Mallar
AUBURN — Maine Source Homes & Realty has hired Dustin Mallar as an associate broker/Realtor. From Litchfield, Mallar is a graduate of Oak Hill High School and Lewiston Regional Technical Center, where he particularly focused on accounting, entrepreneurship and U.S. Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. He has also served as a volunteer at […]
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New York’s probe of Trump Organization is now a criminal matter
State investigators are working with the Manhattan district attorney’s office, which has been conducting a criminal investigation into Donald Trump and his company for two years.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Gov. Janet Mills in Auburn supporting $35 million community college workforce training investment
The proposed investment, part of her Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan, would cover tuition and fees for 8,500 people statewide.
Posted inBusiness
Amazon extends ban indefinitely on police use of its facial recognition technology
The tech giant said in June that it would freeze the technology’s police use for a year.
Posted inBusiness
White House memo sees economic strength where critics see fragility
It says ‘our economy is likely to largely heal by the end of the year’ and the administration doesn’t foresee long-term inflation.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Divided tax committee endorses surcharge bill for high-wage earners
The Legislature’s Taxation Committee voted 6-5 Tuesday to advance a bill that would tack a 3% surcharge on taxable income over $200,000.