VIRUS OUTBREAK-MAINE

 

Maine delays tax deadline, steps up help for nursing homes

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine is extending the state tax deadline and providing additional payments to support nursing facilities that are working on infection control and visitor screening amid the rise in coronavirus cases.   Democratic Gov. Janet Mills extended the tax deadline from April 15 to July 15 to conform with the revised federal deadline _ and to help Mainers struggling because of the pandemic. The Maine Department of Labor said Thursday that 21,459 initial unemployment claims were filed during the week of March 15-21, compared to 634 the previous week. It was the highest weekly total on record.