Two new concerning data points are illustrating the damage Maine's economy is feeling from the coronavirus pandemic.
A Maine Department of Labor analysis published on Dec. 30, shows the state suffered its worst percentage job loss dating back through eight recessions to 1969.
Get the latest news on COVID-19 delivered to you. Click here to sign up for our coronavirus newsletter. He added that factors contributing to the slow recovery include a number of small businesses like restaurants closing, businesses downsizing staff because they have reduced or modified services and a significant number of people leaving the workforce to take care of children.
In a Monday interview with NECN and NBC10 Boston, Erin Fogg, the Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Good Shepherd Food Bank, said that Maine's"rate of food insecurity is projected to go up by as much as 25%.""Before the pandemic, there were about 175,000 Mainers experiencing food insecurity and that number could grow as high as 215,000," Fogg said.
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