Add to ORKGCapitol Update piece on a state commission that is studying what constitutes a living wage in the state. The Maine Center for Economic Policy has calculated that on average, an earner with one child needs to earn an hourly wage of $14.84 full-time, or $30,865 annually, to meet a basic needs budget. The figures vary widely throughout the state. Peter Gore of the Maine State Chamber of Commerce worries about the impact on employers
Capitol Update piece reporting that women in Maine continue to get paid less for doing the same wor...
Capitol Update piece on the state\u27s Consensus Economic Forecasting Commission, which recently pr...
Capitol Update piece assessing the pros and cons of recent legislative actions on the small-busines...
Capitol Update piece on the Legislature\u27s Labor Committee\u27s consideration of putting a liva...
Capitol Update piece reporting that Democrats on the Legislature\u27s Labor Committee last month re...
Capitol Update piece on a debate over a close House vote to approve a bill to increase the minimum ...
Capitol Update piece on the increase in Maine\u27s minimum wage, from $7.00 to $7.25 an hour this f...
Capitol Update piece on a new study on Maine\u27s workforce that points to a decline in degrees con...
Capitol Update piece on a measure proposed by Rep. Ethan Strimling, D-Portland, to raise Maine\u27s...
Capitol Update piece on major bills affecting labor and business, including an increase in the stat...
Capitol Update piece on a 2005 increase for Maine employers in the state unemployment tax from 0.44...
More than half of all Mainers can\u27t afford to live in Vacationland, according to a recent study c...
Capitol Update piece on recent estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis that show that M...
Capitol Update piece on a proposal before the Legislature\u27s Labor Committee that would require b...
Capitol Update piece on a proposal by Sen. Ethan Strimling (D-Portland) that would raise the minimu...
Capitol Update piece reporting that women in Maine continue to get paid less for doing the same wor...
Capitol Update piece on the state\u27s Consensus Economic Forecasting Commission, which recently pr...
Capitol Update piece assessing the pros and cons of recent legislative actions on the small-busines...
Capitol Update piece on the Legislature\u27s Labor Committee\u27s consideration of putting a liva...
Capitol Update piece reporting that Democrats on the Legislature\u27s Labor Committee last month re...
Capitol Update piece on a debate over a close House vote to approve a bill to increase the minimum ...
Capitol Update piece on the increase in Maine\u27s minimum wage, from $7.00 to $7.25 an hour this f...
Capitol Update piece on a new study on Maine\u27s workforce that points to a decline in degrees con...
Capitol Update piece on a measure proposed by Rep. Ethan Strimling, D-Portland, to raise Maine\u27s...
Capitol Update piece on major bills affecting labor and business, including an increase in the stat...
Capitol Update piece on a 2005 increase for Maine employers in the state unemployment tax from 0.44...
More than half of all Mainers can\u27t afford to live in Vacationland, according to a recent study c...
Capitol Update piece on recent estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis that show that M...
Capitol Update piece on a proposal before the Legislature\u27s Labor Committee that would require b...
Capitol Update piece on a proposal by Sen. Ethan Strimling (D-Portland) that would raise the minimu...
Capitol Update piece reporting that women in Maine continue to get paid less for doing the same wor...
Capitol Update piece on the state\u27s Consensus Economic Forecasting Commission, which recently pr...
Capitol Update piece assessing the pros and cons of recent legislative actions on the small-busines...