Starting Jan. 1, thousands of workers will be getting a few cents more per hour, which comes at a time when prices are ...

Maine’s minimum wage is set to increase by 45 cents next year to $15.10 an hour in accordance with a state law requiring adjustments for inflation. The current statewide minimum wage, in place since ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (WMTW) - Governor Janet Mills has signed a bill to create a minimum wage for farmers. This will make sure agricultural workers will earn at least the state minimum wage starting in 2026 ...

Farmworkers' exclusion from state law was “rooted in racism,” said Sen. Rachel Talbot Ross, but updating the statute sends a message to all laborers that they “belong fully under Maine law” and should ...

Portland voters approved an increase in the city’s minimum wage from $15.50 per hour to $19 by 2028. The city’s wage will bump up incrementally, starting with $16.75 in 2026, $17.75 in 2027 and $19 in ...

Voters in Portland, Maine, just approved a ballot measure that will gradually increase the city’s minimum wage to $19 per hour by 2028. Here’s everything businesses operating in the city need to know ...

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DENVER (AP) — Congress’ inaction on the $7.25 hourly minimum wage is again playing out on state ballots, with voters in four states considering an increase and another considering wages for the ...

The Portland, Maine, City Council voted on Monday to send a citizen initiative seeking increases in the city’s minimum wage to voters for a decision in the upcoming November election. This now marks ...

AUGUSTA, Maine An estimated 25,000 Mainers will get a raise today when the state's minimum wage goes up by a dime to $6.35 an hour. Supporters of the increase say it will make a big difference to ...

Amidst the campaigning this year, it is disappointing that neither side considered the experience of five European countries that do not have minimum wage laws, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland (which ranks ...