The Maine Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced the state’s minimum wage will increase by 60 cents on January 1,…
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Advocates of a higher minimum wage rarely appeal to scholarly research to bolster their case. Instead, you’re more likely to…
A $15 federal minimum wage would wipe out 1.3 million low-income jobs and boost the wages of at least 17…
They say elections have consequences, and in the case of the minimum wage law that passed by referendum in 2016,…
Maine’s progressives have been selling the benefits of the minimum wage increase using faulty analysis. Don’t buy the hype. Our…
This article was originally published in the Sun Journal. Nearly two years ago I decided to run for office with…
Maine employers have been struggling to meet the demands of Question 4 since its passage. The initial swell in 2017…
There are numerous anecdotal reasons that conservatives oppose raising the minimum wage. Doing so increases labor costs for companies, which…
It’s a busy and important day for conservatives in Augusta, where the Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development (LCRED) Committee…
Question 4, a citizen initiative passed by Maine voters in 2016, increased the minimum wage in Maine from $7.50/hour in…
On April 15 Nathan Strout’s “Fuzzy Math in Push for Raising the Minimum Wage” questioned how deeply the Maine Peoples…
As I watch the campaign to raise the minimum wage to $12 an hour unfold, one question comes to mind:…
Proponents of a higher minimum wage, led by the Maine People’s Alliance, have gathered enough signatures to put their $12…
A coalition comprised of three liberal political entities in the state of Maine have cashed in enough signatures with the…
On Thursday, the Portland Green Independent Committee announced that it will be pushing to double the minimum wage in Maine’s…