A survey conducted last summer gives deeper insight into seasonal work in Maine, an area of the state’s economy that is hard to track, for obvious reasons. Through 44 questions, the survey of about 52 seasonal workers gives a deeper look into the lives of workers who traveled to Maine’s blueberry barrens and broccoli fields in […]
For purchasing power, Maine state government hasn’t yet returned to the halcyon days of early 2007. Neither have many areas of the state’s economy, according to various measures of tax revenue. Researchers with the Pew Charitable Trusts found Maine was one of 21 states where tax revenue continued to lag the most recent peak, which it hit in 2007, adjusting for inflation. […]
For the first time since 2003, parts of Maine are facing severe drought conditions, posing challenges for crops and bringing the state’s Drought Task Force to meet for the first time in fourteen years. By the end of July, an estimated 14 percent of the state’s population was living in an area of severe drought, which is the third-highest […]
If sea levels rise six feet by the year 2100 as projected, that would put an estimated $3.1 billion in Maine residential real estate under water. The property site Zillow matched up its proprietary data on current home values with federal projections of how sea level rise would affect coastal areas to determine where properties […]
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