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PublishedMarch 3, 2021
Fewer Americans are earning less than $15 an hour; Black and Hispanic women make up a bigger share of them
Before the novel coronavirus sent millions of low earners into unemployment, 1 in 3 workers earned less than $15 an hour.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2021
Biden’s claim that with a $15 minimum wage, ‘the whole economy rises’
Biden is bullish on a big increase in the minimum wage, but economists are sharply divided on the impact on jobs.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2021
Minimum wage increase must be stripped from COVID relief bill, Senate arbiter decides
The proposal would gradually raise the federal minimum wage to $15 over 5 years, well over the $7.25 in effect since 2009.
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PublishedFebruary 22, 2021
Question of the Week: What should the minimum wage be set at?
President Joe Biden wants the federal minimum wage to be at $15 per hour by 2025.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2020
Otto pizza raising prices at Portland locations to offset hazard pay increase
The company says the temporary increase will help it cope with the new minimum emergency wage of $18 an hour passed by Portland voters in November.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2020
Portland chamber says minimum wage increase could devastate businesses
Proponents say the increase to $15 by 2024 will help women and people of color, but many employers are concerned that a hazard pay provision requiring time-and-a-half pay during a declared emergency will put them out of business.
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PublishedDecember 31, 2019
New year brings raise for minimum-wage workers, in final phase of voter-approved plan
Maine's minimum wage has risen from $7.50 to $12 an hour since voters approved the increases in 2016. Supporters say it has helped low-income workers, but critics say it has hurt small businesses.
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PublishedMarch 4, 2019
Seasonal businesses could again get subsidies for hiring teen workers
Last year's pilot program paid out $12,743 in grants to 16 businesses to partially cover wages, according to Maine Department of Labor records.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2018
Maine’s minimum wage to go up to $11 an hour on Jan. 1
A law approved by voters in 2016 will add $1 to the minimum wage at the start each of the next two years.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2018
Maine Democrats and Republicans split over bill to trim minimum wage increase
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