Zohran Mamdani has not yet been fully embraced by top New York Democrats after his apparent victory in the New York City mayoral primary last week. Newsweek reached out to Mamdani's campaign for ...

Gov. Janet Mills has vetoed legislation that would have given farmworkers in Maine the right to engage in concerted activity, ...

Legislation to more than double the federal hourly minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 is back, but this time it’s not a liberal Democrat leading the charge but a conservative Republican – Josh Hawley of ...

Under existing law, Maine farmhands can earn as little as $7.25 an hour. That is the federal minimum wage, which has not been raised since 2009.

The new minimum wage for the state starting in 2025 will be $16.35 compared to 2024’s hourly rate of $15.69, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont said in a release.

The new minimum salary threshold in Maine starting Jan. 1 is at least $845.21 per week or $43,951 per year, which is up from at least $816.35 per week or $42,450.20 per year.

Maine is increasing it's minimum wage starting in the new year. Effective on January 1, the minimum wage in Maine will raise for most workers to $14.65, an increase from the current rate of $14.15.

Maine's minimum wage is $14.15 per hour, which is $6.90 more than the $7.25 federal minimum. The highest minimum wage in the nation is $17 an hour, paid in Washington, D.C., followed by $16.28 in ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Democratic governor vetoed on Tuesday a bill to establish a minimum hourly wage for agricultural workers that she initially submitted herself. Gov. Janet Mills proposed ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's Democratic governor vetoed on Tuesday a bill to establish a minimum hourly wage for agricultural workers that she initially submitted herself. Gov. Janet Mills ...

Maine's Democratic governor vetoed on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, a bill to establish a minimum hourly wage for agricultural workers that she initially submitted herself. Credit: AP/Robert F. Bukaty ...