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PublishedJune 6, 2024
Businesses air concerns about proposed rules of new paid family leave program
Some companies that plan to offer their own programs object to paying into the state program during its 16-month startup period. The 1% payroll tax is split evenly between employers and their workers.
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PublishedMay 23, 2024
Business group objects to proposed rules for new paid family leave law
The Maine State Chamber of Commerce says employers who want to eventually opt out of the program by offering their own paid leave benefit still would have to pay into the fund for 16 months.
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PublishedMarch 3, 2024
Gov. Mills announces nominations to new Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Authority
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PublishedAugust 27, 2023
Jim Fossel: Maine needs to keep citizen initiatives in check
Let's not stand by while our elected officials are rendered irrelevant.
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PublishedJuly 21, 2023
Commentary: Maine’s business community doesn’t support new tax-funded entitlement
Next session, Gov. Mills should introduce a bill that creates a family-related leave program that works for all Mainers, including small businesses, and is considerate of Maine’s economic constraints.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2023
White House salutes child care investments by Maine and other states
Senate President Troy Jackson attended an event at the White House on Wednesday to celebrate state efforts to improve access to affordable, high-quality child care as a means of lifting families out of poverty and strengthening local economies.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2023
Commentary: Gov. Mills’ broken promises continue to pile up
A series of reneged-on pledges has tarnished Janet Mills’ reputation. Maine can’t afford to govern like this.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2023
Sen. Trey Stewart: The broken promises of Maine’s Gov. Mills are piling up
A series of unfulfilled pledges has tarnished Mills’ reputation and enabled radicals to pilfer Mainers’ paychecks to pay for expensive policy experiments.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2023
Maine Legislature passes budget with paid family leave, tax cut for retirees
Both the House and Senate voted for passage, but opposition from House Republicans meant there was not enough support to meet the two-thirds threshold needed for the supplemental spending package to take effect immediately.
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PublishedJune 29, 2023
Families, business owners weigh implications of paid family leave, now likely to become Maine law
Patty Kidder said her family went bankrupt in the 1990s, and that it wouldn't have happened if they had had access to paid leave. Other Mainers have different reactions.
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