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  2. Steady flow of new unemployment claims continues in Maine - AOL

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    Roughly 2,150 new claims for state unemployment benefits and 250 claims for federal benefits were filed last week. In total, about 3,000 individual Mainers filed claims, according to the Maine ...

  3. Weekly jobless claims rise to highest level since August - AOL

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    Lucy Bayly, CNN. May 9, 2024 at 9:34 AM. Aaron M. Sprecher/AP. First-time applications for unemployment benefits rose last week to 231,000, the highest level since August, in another sign that the ...

  4. US weekly jobless claims highest in more than eight ... - AOL

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    The weekly jobless claims report from the Labor Department on Thursday, the most timely data on the economy's health, followed news last week that the economy added the fewest jobs in six months ...

  5. Unemployment insurance in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Since this statistic is published weekly, it is commonly depended on as a current indicator of the labor market and the economy generally. In 2016, the number of people on unemployment benefits fell to around 2.14 million, the lowest in the last 4 decades. . In April 2020, claims reached 40 million, a new all-time high. [citation needed]

  6. Janet Mills - Wikipedia

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    Mills told world leaders at the UN that she intends to make Maine carbon neutral by 2045. She was the first sitting Maine governor to address the General Assembly. On June 11, 2021, Mills announced the end of the state of emergency started on March 15, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The state of emergency ended on June 30, 2021.

  7. Joseph E. Brennan - Wikipedia

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    United States Army. Years of service. 1953–1955. Joseph Edward Brennan (November 2, 1934 – April 6, 2024) was an American lawyer and politician from Maine. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 70th Governor of Maine from 1979 to 1987 and in the United States House of Representatives for Maine's 1st congressional district from ...

  8. US weekly jobless claims fall further as labor market remains ...

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    The so-called continuing claims rose 8,000 to a seasonally adjusted 1.794 million during the week ending May 11, the claims report showed. Continuing claims are at historically low levels.

  9. Kenneth M. Curtis - Wikipedia

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    University of Maine School of Law ( LLB) Bates College ( LLD) Kenneth Merwin Curtis (born February 8, 1931) is an American attorney, Democratic politician, and diplomat. He was the Maine Secretary of State from 1965 to 1966, the Governor of Maine from 1967 to 1975, and the United States Ambassador to Canada from 1979 to 1981.