The issue of wages and jobs is a critical one for Maine, not least of all in Androscoggin County and Lewiston-Auburn.
The poverty rate for all of Androscoggin County is 14.8 percent and its median income is $44,826. That poverty rate is higher than the state’s overall rate and that median income is below the state median.
Recently, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office released a report citing that increasing the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 would boost earnings for more than 16.5 million Americans nationally, lifting 900,000 people out of poverty.
State Sen. Emily Cain has been a relentless advocate for working families across this state, and she has made increasing the minimum wage a centerpiece of her campaign for Congress.
Maine needs representatives like Emily Cain in Washington to stand up for working people in Lewiston-Auburn, and in Maine.
I hope others will join me in supporting her on June 10.
Richard Wagner, Lewiston
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