It’s finally here. This week on the Beacon podcast, Ben and Mike celebrate the minimum wage increase going into effect this Saturday. The minimum wage will increase from $7.50 to $9 an hour on January 7th and the subminimum wage for tipped workers will increase from $3.75 to $5 an hour, raising incomes for 103,000 Mainers.

Also: an update on the state of attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act and why your calls to Senator Susan Collins are so important.

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