LePage says he hasn’t decided whether he’ll veto minimum wage increase, By Whit Richardson and Matthew Stone, April 10, 2013, Bangor Daily News: “Gov. Paul LePage said Wednesday he hasn’t made a final decision on whether to veto a bill on track to pass the Legislature that would raise the state’s minimum wage to $9 by 2016, then boost it annually in proportion with increases in the Consumer Price Index. The bill, LD 611, faces one more vote in the Senate, where it previously has passed 19-16 along party lines. During an appearance at a Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber luncheon in Brunswick, LePage said he had concerns about the bill and wanted to better understand what types of workers are actually earning Maine’s minimum wage of $7.50 an hour…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty