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.
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