Latest News and Information from NFIB http://www.nfib.com/ en 13 Oct 2021 15:02:14 +0000 Copyright 2021, NFIB 2 The NFIB SAFE Trust endorses Rep. Bruce Poliquin for re-election in Maine's 2nd Congressional District. https://ua.nfib.com/ 18 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 The results of EPIs study are absolutely astonishing. https://ua.nfib.com/ 29 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Increase in Labor Costs Will Sky Rocket on Heals of Minimum Wage Increase https://ua.nfib.com/ 18 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000 A few issues linger in legislative committees but most of the action over the next five or so weeks will take place on the House and Senate floors. https://ua.nfib.com/ 15 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Legislative committees are nearly done with hearings and work sessions. Only a few bills remain that have not been voted on at the committee level. This week also marks the beginning of three-day-a-week sessions with final adjournment about six or so weeks away. Meantime, the list of legislative candidates in the June primary is growing rapidly. Legislators who intend to run again have to file their petitions by March 15 (except for non-party candidates independents who have until June 1). https://ua.nfib.com/ 08 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Lawmakers are working their way through bills held over from 2015 and new bills referred to various policy committees in 2016 as they approach a Feb. 12 deadline for committees to vote on 60% of the bills in committee. https://ua.nfib.com/ 11 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 The pace of legislative action continues to move slowly, largely due to a relatively light workload compared to prior short session years, when lawmakers typically had 400-600 bills to consider instead of the 300 or so this session. https://ua.nfib.com/ 25 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Members of the House debated for hours last Thursday on a proposal to establish a committee to investigate whether a case exists for the impeachment of Gov. Paul LePage. https://ua.nfib.com/ 19 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 The following remarks may be attributed to NFIB Maine state director, David Clough in response to today's rally calling for an increase to Maine's minimum wage: https://ua.nfib.com/ 14 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Legislators return to Augusta on Wednesday to begin the 2016 session. NFIB Maine State Director David Clough provides an update for small business owners. https://ua.nfib.com/ 05 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) applauds Senator Collins for the introduction of bipartisan plan to make tax deductions for machinery, equipment and capital improvements permanent https://ua.nfib.com/ 16 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 When consumers take a trip to Main Street to this Saturday, they will find themselves amongst their friends and neighbors. https://ua.nfib.com/ 25 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Supporting them often means supporting the same people that sponsor our local sporting events and are pillars in our community https://ua.nfib.com/ 23 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Minimum Wage Issue Being Hijacked https://ua.nfib.com/ 22 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Our members have made it clear that $15 is way too high a cost to absorb without affecting employment and business operations https://ua.nfib.com/ 06 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 NFIB and its thousands of members in Maine will not sit idly by while a handful of activists attempt to crush our fragile economy. https://ua.nfib.com/ 29 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Legislators return to Augusta on Thursday and may bring the 2015 session to a final adjournment before the end of this week. https://ua.nfib.com/ 13 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Legislators return to Augusta on Tuesday for what are expected to be lively days of railing against recent controversial action by Governor LePage regarding the withholding of funding of the Goodwill-Hinckley School and the decision of trustees to revoke their decision to hire House Speaker Mark Eves as the new president. https://ua.nfib.com/ 29 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Legislators are now in extra session days as they slog through unfinished action on dozens of legislation and vote on scores of gubernatorial vetoes. https://ua.nfib.com/ 22 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000 June can sometimes be known as meltdown month in Augusta, when differing partisan priorities lead to noisy conflict over the biennial budget and other key legislation. https://ua.nfib.com/ 08 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000