EDITOR’S NOTE: The following testimony was delivered by Sen. Shenna Bellows in support of LD 2092, Resolve, to Establish the Maine Spaceport Complex Leadership Council, at a public hearing held on Thursday, March 5, 2020, before the Joint Standing Committees on Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business. We have reprinted it here for your review.
Dear Senator Herbig, Representative Daughtry, and Distinguished Members on the Joint Standing Committee on Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business: I am Senator Shenna Bellows representing Senate District 14, which includes the towns of Chelsea, Farmingdale, Gardiner, Hallowell, Manchester, Monmouth, Pittston, Randolph, Readfield, West Gardiner and Winthrop. I am here today to introduce LD 2092, Resolve, To Establish the Maine Spaceport Complex Leadership Council.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The following opinion guest column by Megan Diver and Jason Judd was published in the Bangor Daily News on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. It can be found online at bangordailynews.com/2020/03/03/opinion/contributors/high-quality-child-care-early-learning-programs-are-key-to-a-strong-maine-workforce. We have reprinted it here for your review. Megan Diver is a senior government affairs specialist at the Maine State Chamber of Commerce. Jason Judd is the executive director of Educate Maine.
We recently testified before the Maine Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee in support of LD 1760, a bill that will create high-quality child-care and early learning programs for Maine kids in communities across our state. We spoke on behalf of the Maine State Chamber of Commerce and Educate Maine, as members of the national business organization ReadyNation, and MaineSpark, a coalition of organizations dedicated to achieving the state’s education attainment goal that 60 percent of Maine adults have a credential of value by 2025. Governor Mills said to have concerns with final version
At a work session on Wednesday, March 4, 2020, the Joint Standing Committee on Labor and Housing approved along party lines a bill designed to limit the use and enforcement of “non-disclosure agreements” (NDAs) for both hiring and in the settlement of discrimination claims. The net effect of the bill, should it become law, would be to end the use and efficacy of NDAs in Maine. Last session, local option tax bill was rejected by Senate, but passed in House
One of the more divisive tax issues last session had to deal with allowing municipalities the authority to impose local option sales taxes at the municipal level. Two of the five remaining proposals on this topic were considered as carry over bills by Taxation committee and voted on Tuesday, March 3. The final vote is still being compiled. Those two bills are: Whether you are dealing with a complaint filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) or the Human Rights Commission, or even a lawsuit filed with the same two organizations, the results can be a drain to your mental and financial resources. Studies show that complaints of employment discrimination have been known to lead to morale issues at the workplace and negatively impact creativity and productivity. Our seminar will cover these relevant topics, and attendees were encouraged to ask questions about their own internal EEO policies, as well as anything else they may have heard about and needed more clarification.
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