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Testimony in Opposition to LePage’s Budget Cuts
In: Budget|Governor LePage|Laura Harper|Maine State House|Maine Women's Lobby
15 Dec 2011Testimony in opposition: Senator Rosen, Representative Flood, Senator McCormick, Representative Strang Burgess and members of the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs and the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services, my name is Laura Harper, and I represent the Maine Women’s Lobby, an organization that has been working for 33 years [...]
the good. the bad. and the tabled.
In: Charlotte Warren|Choice|Civil Rights|Labor|Laura Harper|Maine State House|Maine Women's Lobby|Reproductive Health|transgender
10 Jun 2011The Good (well, actually, the great!) This week, Maine lawmakers stood firm against efforts to roll back access to reproductive health care and civil rights protections for transgendered Mainers. The bills were defeated by wide margins—and for good reason. In upholding Maine law, legislators put the health of Maine women and teens first and did [...]
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Round Up of News Media: Child Labor
In: Labor|Laura Harper
20 May 2011This week the legislature voted to pass L.D. 516 –increasing the number of hours a teen could work during week. This is a significant improvement over the initial bill that, as written, would have removed all hourly protections for teen workers, but still a set-back for teen workers. There is something to celebrate: L.D. 1346 [...]
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Put Focus Where It’s Needed
19 May 2011Adults need jobs. Teens need success in school to make a good living down the road. Statement of Laura Harper Director of Public Policy, Maine Women’s Lobby “Last night the Maine House passed an amended version of L.D. 516, a roll back on teen work hour protections. The bill increases the hours teens can work [...]
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- Tags: child labor, L.D. 516
Swearing in Day…
1 Dec 2010Today is the day when the new legislature is sworn in, and with the news that the new leadership is considering eliminating the Labor Committee, it is quite an exciting one at that! If you want up-to-the-minute news on what’s going on at the State House, stick with us! Our rock star Lobbyist, Laura Harper, [...]
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Cheers to 90 years!
In: Equal Pay|Events|Fair Pay|Labor|Laura Harper|Maine Women's Agenda|Maine Women's Lobby|Paid sick days|Women's Leadership
26 Aug 2010After nearly a century of struggle, on August 26th, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. In 90 years women voters have made a lot of progress – we’ve seen pioneering women like Shirley Chisholm, Hillary Clinton, and Margaret Chase Smith make bids for the presidency, and we have passed landmark legislation [...]
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Where Small Business Prospers
In: Family Caregiver Protection|Labor|Laura Harper|Maine Women's Lobby
29 Jul 2010Here at the Maine Women’s Lobby, we’ve been researching family leave insurance for nearly ten years. It’s passed in three other states (California, Washington, and New Jersey), and many more are actively working on legislation. Right now, in Maine, when working families welcome a new baby or face a serious illness (think horrendous car accident [...]
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- Tags: family leave insurance, maine women, work-family
last week our lobbyist, Laura Harper, testified in support of LD 192, “An Act To Index the State Minimum Wage to Inflation.” This legislation would adjust Maine’s minimum wage based on changes in the federal Consumer Price Index for the Northeast. With passage, this would put Maine among the 10 other states that also index [...]
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- Tags: Laura Harper, Miniumum wage
The Only Lady in the Room
In: Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine|Events|Governor Baldacci|Labor|Laura Harper|LD 621|Maine State House|Maine Women's Lobby|Maine's Firefighter Cancer Bill|Uncategorized
24 Jul 2009Since I was the only lady in the room, I hoped that they would let me stand in front with all the big guys. But, in all seriousness, this was a great event. Yesterday morning, I had the pleasure to attend the signing ceremony for LD 621, “An Act Allowing Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Firefighters [...]
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- Tags: Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine, Firefighter Cancer Bill, Labor, Laura Harper, State House
The women of the Maine Women's Lobby reflect on the 124th
In: Charlotte Warren|Civil Rights|Discrimination|Equal Pay|Events|Fair Pay|Family Caregiver Protection|Family Responsibilities Discrimination|Gay Marriage|Girls' Day|Governor Baldacci|Hannah Pingree|Laura Harper|Maine State House|Maine Women's Lobby|Maine Women's Policy Center|Marriage Equality|Obama|Paid sick days|Press Link|Sarah Standiford|Speaker of the House
24 Jun 2009Last week, the Village Soup posted an article featuring reflections on the 124th session from capital-area legislators. Their reflections are really interesting – and got me wondering what others thought. So, I started asking around … and here are some reflections from the women of the Maine Women’s Lobby: Here’s what Laura had to say: [...]
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