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20 April 2006

04.18.06 ME: Gov. Baldacci signs minimum wage bill

AUGUSTA (April 13) - Gov. John E. Baldacci signed LD 235 this afternoon, giving everyone earning minimum wage a pay raise, effective in October. The bill, "An Act to Increase the Minimum Wage," will raise Maine's minimum wage to $6.75 an hour in October 2

11 April 2006

04.10.06 ME: Minimum wage increase wins by a vote in House - Boston.com

AUGUSTA, Maine --A proposal to increase Maine's minimum wage to $7 an hour by October 2007 won approval by a single vote in the Maine House on Monday, but further legislative votes are still pending and prospects for final approval are not guaranteed. Af

06 April 2006

04.06.06 ME: House, Senate disagree on minimum wage bill - A.J. Higgins

AUGUSTA - A bill to increase the minimum wage to $7 an hour by Oct. 1, 2007, ran into trouble Wednesday when the House voted 74-66 for an amendment that reduced the increase and delayed its implementation. After defeating an identical amendment presented

29 March 2006

03.29.06 ME: Approval for Minimum Wage Increase Pending

A bill to raise the current minimum wage of $6.50 to $6.75 this October and then to $7 in October of 2007 appears to be on its way to final approval after the Senate this week rejected an amendment to add a training wage to the proposal. The amendment, pr

23 March 2006

03.23.06 ME: 'Wal-Mart bill' tamed in Augusta

AUGUSTA — The so-called "Wal-Mart bill," which proponents hoped would lead to a tax on big-box retailers that don't offer health insurance to their employees, has been considerably tamed. The amended bill now takes the form of a request for data from th

22 March 2006

03.22.06 ME: Wal-Mart bill morphs into information gathering proposal

(March 22, 2006): The so-called Wal-Mart bill, which proponents hoped would lead to a tax on big-box retailers that don’t offer health insurance to their employees, has been considerably tamed to a request for data from the Department of Labor on what p

08 March 2006

'Wal-Mart bill' would remove healthcare subsidies

REGIONAL (March 8, 2006): A bill that would look at whether taxpayers are subsidizing large employers in the state by paying for their employees to be on Medicaid – dubbed the Wal-Mart bill – is expected to get a favorable committee review this week d

Maine: Minimum wage bill advances

March 8, 2006 AUGUSTA -- The Maine Senate, voting largely along party lines, gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a bill that raises the state's minimum wage by 50 cents.

Senate Joins House; Votes in Favor of Minimum Wage Hike

The Maine Senate voted to ratchet up the state's minimum wage in two stages from $6.50 to $7.00 an hour by October 2007.