By blocking the student workforce from receiving minimum-wage hikes, the system favors its bottom line over its mission.
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Posted inBill Nemitz, Op-eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: Face it, fellow Mainers, we’re shortchanging some key officials
Forget about risky politics. The State Compensation Commission’s call to increase pay for the governor, lawmakers and judges is plain old common sense.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine Legislature has a long agenda for a short session
Lawmakers have important issues to deal with, and they shouldn’t leave them on the table when they adjourn in April.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Public power proposal offers opportunity to match, top MEMIC’s success
Electricity distribution is the ideal industry to replicate the model of a customer-owned, privately run company.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Panel recommends nearly doubling Maine governor’s ‘embarrassingly low’ salary
Maine’s governor, judges and lawmakers are paid less than their peers in nearly every other state, and the State Compensation Commission said that could keep people out of public service.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Times Record
Health care, corrections, broadband at top of state legislative agenda
The Legislature will return with a long list of work before including another attempt to pass a package of borrowing bills aimed at building infrastructure and boosting the economy.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Anniversary a reminder that reproductive health is still under attack
Today, the attacks on abortion providers are most often in the courts and state legislatures.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
New Maine law requires private insurers to cover cost of hearing aids
The law taking effect New Year’s Day, requiring private health insurance companies and the state’s Medicaid program to cover hearing aids, could benefit the estimated 173,000 Mainers who have hearing impairment.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
New year brings raise for minimum-wage workers, in final phase of voter-approved plan
Maine’s minimum wage has risen from $7.50 to $12 an hour since voters approved the increases in 2016. Supporters say it has helped low-income workers, but critics say it has hurt small businesses.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine should take part in regional effort to cut transportation pollution
The Transportation and Climate Initiative will deliver economic, health and environmental benefits.