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A tight labor market has created advantages for Maine workers to negotiate for higher wages, including those who have long been economically disadvantaged, according to a new report from the Maine Center for Economic Policy.

The initiative, through the Quality Housing Coalition, provided monthly direct payments of $1,000 to 20 low-income women.

USM Muskie School of Public Service Professor of Public Policy & Management Charles Colgan will give his economic forecast for 2011. Colgan’s economic…