Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce

FILE - In this Friday, March 11, 2016 file photo, fishing boats are tied up at a wharf on the waterfront in Portland, Maine.

Portland businesses are pushing a new effort to limit the city's emergency minimum wage measure

Robbie Feinberg

A referendum passed in 2020 requires a 50% boost in the city's minimum wage for non-remote employees during any state of emergency. But organizers are collecting signatures for a referendum that would restrict the ordinance to only apply when the City Council declares a state of emergency, not the state.

Business and Economy

Group Of Maine Retailers Ask Shoppers To 'Be Kind'

Nora Flaherty

A group of Maine retailers is starting a new campaign asking shoppers to take it easy on retailers and behave responsibly during the pandemic. “We just…

Business and Economy

Portland Regional Chamber Of Commerce Says Improving Public Transit Could Attract New Talent

Willis Ryder Arnold

The Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce is urging businesses to support improvements to the region's mass transit systems.Representatives from several…

Business and Economy

Maine Companies Short Of Highly-Skilled Workers Look At How Immigrants Can Help Fill The Gap

Nora Flaherty

Companies dealing with Maine's well-documented workforce shortage are in Portland Thursday for a forum on how the state's growing immigrant communities…

Business and Economy

Wage-And-Benefit Initiative Has Portland Mayor At Odds With Some Businesses — And The City Manager

Fred Bever

A union backed wage-and-benefit initiative introduced by Portland Mayor Ethan Strimling is putting him at odds with the business community at the local…

Business and Economy

Workforce Recruitment Top Priority for Portland Regional Chamber's New CEO

Nora Flaherty

The Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce's new CEO says the organization needs to change its ways if it wants to thrive in the future."There was a day,…