If you’re wondering if you should stay in Maine or if the money is greener on the other side, Maine just ranked very high for jobs while stacked up next to the rest of the country.
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics has released the latest unemployment figures for the Portland area. These are the final numbers for March and the preliminary numbers for April. Maine is slowly, but surely seeing improvement!
This has caused a social media uproar over whether or not employers should be encouraging people to both work and collect unemployment benefits simultaneously.