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The next Art Walk L/A is planned to begin at 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27, with in-person arts experiences downtown including an artist reception, a new fiction

Read Article A Superior Court justice said Wednesday he will rule soon on the legality of a new Portland ordinance that requires hazard pay for minimum wage workers during declared emergencies. But Justice Thomas Warren also said he expects the case to be appealed to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court no matter what he decides. More than 60 percent of voters in November supported a minimum wage proposal that will gradually increase that rate from $12 to $15 an hour by 2025. That initiative also included a provision that increases the minimum wage by 50 percent for people who report to Portland...

Portland Whole Foods workers oppose Chamber lawsuit seeking to halt hazard pay as approved by voters According to a referendum passed in November, workers were to receive a minimum wage increase of time and a half during an emergency like the pandemic. Credit: AP Published: 1:39 PM EST January 12, 2021 Updated: 1:53 PM EST January 12, 2021 PORTLAND, Maine — On Monday, attorneys for two Portland Whole Foods workers filed an opposition to a motion by the Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce to permanently invalidate the emergency hazard pay provision approved ...