Maine House votes against cutting minimum wage

Maine Beacon -Governor Paul LePage’s attempt to roll back the minimum wage hike that Mainers voted to pass in 2016 was rejected with a vote of 81-69 in the House of Representatives. Every Republican except Rep. Karen Vachon of Scarborough voted to cut the minimum wage in future years. Every House Democrat voted against LD 1757, which would have prevented the wage from increasing to $11 next year, reduced the annual rate of increase from $1 to 50 cents, reduce future cost-of-living adjustments, and established a sub-minimum training wage for workers under the age of 18.