Portland City Council to consider $20 minimum wage ballot proposal

Raising Portland’s minimum wage to $20 by 2028 would have the greatest benefit to workers ages 16 to 34 years old with a high school education or less and in service industries including restaurants, hotels, elder and child care facilities, and cleaning companies, according to a 2024 analysis by the Maine Center for Economic Policy.

Click here to read the full story, first published August 17, 2024 in Portland Press Herald.