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PublishedJune 22, 2022
Debate begins early over raising Portland’s minimum wage to $18
Voters will likely be asked in November if they want to increase the city's minimum wage, which at $13 an hour is already above the statewide minimum and on its way to $15 in 2024.
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PublishedMay 4, 2021
Maine supreme court considers arguments over Portland’s new minimum wage law
Justices appear to agree that city voters have the authority to set a higher wage, but say ordinance language on the effective date for a hazard pay provision is confusing.
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PublishedMay 3, 2021
Direct care workers urge lawmakers to raise pay rates to combat staffing shortages
A workforce shortage and low wages have created a crisis for those who need help from direct care workers. On Monday, some workers made their case for a pay hike to the Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee.
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PublishedApril 27, 2021
Biden signs $15 minimum wage for federal contract workers
The increase could be dramatic for workers who earn the current minimum of $10.95 an hour.
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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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