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PublishedJanuary 3, 2020
Exemptions limit benefit of Maine’s new hearing aid law
People whose employers self-insure and those who get their health care coverage through Medicare won't benefit from the law mandating coverage for hearing aids.
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PublishedDecember 31, 2019
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.
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PublishedDecember 31, 2019
Minimum wage increase means overtime pay for more Maine workers
The rules taking effect Wednesday will raise the threshold – from $33,000 to $36,000 a year – at which salaried employees must be paid overtime for working more than 40 hours a week.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2019
November jobless rate continues Maine’s historic trend
If December's rate also comes in under 4%, Maine will have had four years of record low unemployment.
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PublishedDecember 19, 2019
November decline hurts Maine’s overall home sales in 2019
The state had been on track for a record year before single-family home sales dropped by nearly 8% last month from the same period in 2018.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2019
Portland-based Logically makes fifth acquisition in 18 months
Logically increases its workforce to over 250 people with the purchase of Nevada-based IQ Technology Solutions, its fifth acquisition since July 2018.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2019
South Portland planning director to leave after 30 years
Charles ‘Tex’ Haeuser, who has overseen planning and development in Maine's fourth-largest city since 1990, announced he will leave the job in March and possibly pursue consulting work on mitigating climate-change impacts.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2019
Economic gaps underscore perception of 2 Maines
Cumberland and York counties account for nearly 50 percent of the state's GDP, a new report finds.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2019
Higher wages, bigger labor force at center of Maine’s 10-year economic plan
The state's first long-range economic plan in 2 decades will go to the Legislature for consideration of its recommendations.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2019
Symposium explores ways to close widening gap in Maine’s workforce
The state will have to add an estimated 158,000 trained people to its workforce by 2025 to maintain economic growth, Educate Maine tells participants at its annual symposium.
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