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Jan. 27, 2025

‘ME-tirement’ takes off: These Maine women business leaders are taking a career break

Renee Cordes

“Me” is the leitmotif for several Maine women business and nonprofit leaders in their 40s and 50s who are pressing pause on their careers to focus on themselves.

Today's Poll

Do you support an increase in Portland's minimum wage?
Poll Description

The Portland City Council is weighing a controversial proposed hike to the city’s minimum wage.

The proposal would increase the minimum wage from $15.50 per hour to $19 per hour by 2028. (The statewide hourly minimum wage is $14.65.)

The proposal does not include a wage hike for tipped workers who are currently paid an hourly wage of $7.75, but employers are required to ensure that wages and tips combined total $15.50 per hour. 

While inflation pressures have made it hard to survive on the minimum wage, many business owners are concerned the hike would cut already thin margins. 

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