Some want a lower minimum wage for young farmworkers, while others advocate preserving the right to sue an agricultural employer for failing to pay minimum wage.
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Visa, Mastercard settle long-running antitrust suit over swipe fees with merchants
The charge amount is being lessened, but only temporarily.
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Posted inBusiness, Kennebec Journal, Maine
‘Great to be back home’: Gardiner Hannaford to reopen Wednesday, 3 months after devastating flood
The supermarket, which closed in late December after a historic storm caused significant water damage, is set to return with new self-checkout aisles and, eventually, a pizza and hot bar.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Baltimore bridge collapse and port closure send companies scrambling to reroute cargo
East Coast shipping – with trade in autos, coal and machinery – is likely to be the hardest hit.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News, Politics
Judge issues gag order barring Trump from commenting on witnesses, others in hush money case
The New York judge’s order also prohibits the former president from making public statements about prosecutors, court staff and jurors in his upcoming criminal trial.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Morning Sentinel, News
Future of Vassalboro mill in question amid storm damages, fire code violations
The mill’s owners say they need more funding to repair damages from a storm last year and to address more than a dozen fire code violations within the building.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Politics
State lawmakers consider new mining rules that could open door to lithium mining
Some environmental groups say the rules that would allow for open pit mineral mining provide ample safeguards, but others demand more preliminary testing, smaller pit size limits, stronger reclamation standards and dark skies protections.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
A major European nature protection plan stumbles at the final hurdle
The member states were supposed to give final approval to the biodiversity bill on Monday. But farmers’ protests of new environmental laws changed minds.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Maple syrup from New Jersey: You got a problem with that?
So far, efforts to create a viable syrup industry in southern Jersey ‘have been very sweet,’ says the director of the university project.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel and Sun Journal win New England recognition for ‘Homeless in Maine’ project
Awards included investigative reporting, solutions journalism and newsroom collaboration.