Processing Your Payment

Please do not leave this page until complete. This can take a few moments.

June 22, 2015

Discord kills bill to increase minimum wage

A bill to increase Maine’s minimum wage has died as the result of a disagreement between Republican and Democratic legislators.

The Associated Press reported that the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives supported a version of the bill that would have raised the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour by 2018, while the Republican-controlled Senate supported another version that would have raised it gradually to $9 and created changes to work rules for minors.

Read more

Portland OKs minimum wage increase

Sign up for Enews

Mainebiz web partners

Most Recent

Most Recent

Comments

Order a PDF