Restaurants begin implementing service charges preparing for tipped wage hike
Local restaurant owners are starting to prepare for the minimum wage hike on all tipped workers on Feb. 21 by implementing ...
Opinion: Maine doesn’t have to choose between bold policy and balanced budgets
We should be tightening the belts of those who benefit most from our economy. A millionaires tax is one possibility.
Maine lawmaker seeks to scrap 5-cent bag fee
Maine's ban on single-use plastic bags took effect just over three years ago. Instead, stores can offer paper or reusable ...
The Idaho Press-Tribune4d
Minimum wages are increasing in nearly half the states this year — but not Idaho
The minimum wage will increase in nearly half the states this year even as the federal wage floor remains stuck at $7.25 per ...
The Daily News Online4d
Deep Dive: Minimum wages are increasing in nearly half the states this year
The minimum wage will increase in nearly half the states this year even as the federal wage floor remains stuck at $7.25 per ...
Beacon5d
Podcast: Dissecting Mills’ budget proposal and fighting against fascism
Public policy director Cate Blackford joins Senior Organizer Esther Pew to chat about paid family medical leave in Maine, as well as the positive and negative aspects of Gov. Janet Mills' recently ...
New Republic6dOpinion
Giuliani Will Finally Shut Up About Those Georgia Election Workers
Rudy Giuliani might’ve finally caught a break. After being sued for everything he had—his watches, his diamond ring, his ...
The Indianapolis Star6d
House GOP fast-tracks Michigan minimum wage, sick leave bills to applause and anger
This story was updated to add new information. Michigan House Republicans this week fast-tracked bills to modify minimum wage and paid sick leave laws in the state before changes ordered to both by ...