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Economy
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Education
Texas school district illustrates what NOT to do when you’re already swimming in debt
Cash-strapped school district gives lessons in shooting oneself in the foot.
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Economy
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s list of ‘Fight for $15’ businesses doesn’t tell the whole story
Cuomo's minimum wage list not an accurate depiction of statewide sentiment.
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Economy
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Economy
Report: $15 minimum wage could cost New York State half a million jobs
A report from the Empire Center for Public Policy indicates that New York could lose a minimum of 200,000 jobs with…
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Economy
This court ruling could ultimately be death knell for the franchise business model
A lawsuit arguing that the Seattle $15 minimum wage disproportionately hurt franchisees by not treating them like small businesses was…
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Economy
Sky’s the limit? Berkeley, CA to consider $19-an-hour minimum wage
Do I hear $20? Who will give me $25?… The question of whether to adopt the highest minimum wage in…
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Economy
What will be the trade-off for NY State as it adopts $15 minimum wage?
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to raise the statewide minimum wage to $15 per hour would cost “hundreds of…
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Economy
New video explores human cost of raising the minimum wage
The Employment Policies Institute (EPI) launched the first in a series of videos Thursday highlighting what it argues are the…
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Economy
If you live in any of these cities, you could be next in line for a $15 minimum wage
In June, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed into law a raise in the city’s minimum wage, from $9 an hour to…
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Economy
San Antonio, deep in debt, digs hole deeper with $13-an-hour minimum wage plan
Already mired in $17 billion of debt, the city of San Antonio wants to raise the minimum wage for city…
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Economy
Bernie’s $12 interns, and 8 other egregious examples of living wage hypocrisy
Experts and studies on both sides of the minimum wage debate have offered a long list of pros and cons when it comes to raising…
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Economy
What happens when a business raises its minimum wage to $70K? Find out here
Want proof that increasing the minimum wage can negatively impact business? Consider the case of Gravity Payments, whose CEO, Dan Price,…
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Law and Government
Fast food workers in NY will soon be earning the same as paramedics
Thanks to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s fast-food minimum wage board, a three-member panel charged with affirming a pre-determined conclusion on…
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Politics
Group advocating for $15 minimum wage posts FB job listing that pays $12 an hour
Oops. A simple Facebook comment exploded into a big reveal on the hypocrisy of some groups spearheading the crusade for a…
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Unyielding
Former Obama mouthpiece Robert Gibbs goes to work for Mickey D
He may have served one president as point man but now Robert Gibbs is serving billions daily. Burgers, that is,…
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Economy
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Economy
Democrats label lazy welfare recipients as ‘working families’
Welfare is often unpopular with the voters who fund it through their taxes. So California politicians and academics who support it…
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Economy
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Economy
Oakland, Calif., businesses starting to crack under minimum wage pressure
The Employment Policies Institute released a report Thursday showing many Oakland businesses have scaled back operations in response to the…
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Economy
Richer or poorer? American West has brighter economic horizon
Salt Lake City and New York City are more than 2,173 miles apart, but they are polar extremes for economic…
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Economy
MSNBC issues bizarre correction on story about wages and Walmart
An MSNBC producer published a story implying the GOP disapproves of businesses raising wages for their workers Tuesday afternoon, then…
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Economy
U.C. Berkeley slammed over allegedly biased minimum wage report
A top researcher has called out University of California, Berkeley for allegedly releasing a biased research paper that served as…
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Economy
San Francisco bookstore learns cost of $15 minimum wage the hard way
It's the economics, stupid.
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Unyielding
Obama administration continues to strangle military pay while demanding minimum wage increases
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Mac Thornberry told reporters on Thursday that any attempts from the Obama administration to “nickel and…
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Economy
Why the minimum wage promotes discrimination
Despite lofty rhetoric to the contrary, minimum wage laws increase the likelihood of racial discrimination. According to black economist Walter…
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Politics
Oops: Bastion of liberal thought U.C. Berkeley won’t pay higher minimum wage
Known nationwide as a citadel of liberalism, the University of California-Berkeley has chosen to ignore a local ordinance raising the minimum…
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Economy
Unions hold Black Friday protests
Union protests were seen at Wal-Mart locations across the country Friday. “Tens of thousands of Americans are protesting at 1,600…
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Economy
Voters hike minimum wage, reject rail boondoggles
On Tuesday, voters approved increases in state-level minimum wages in four states (Alaska, Arkansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota), although to levels…
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Economy
Dem candidate admits he pays his employees less than living wage (Video)
Democratic Congressional candidate Aaron Woolf (NY-21), actively campaigning on a platform of raising the minimum wage, admitted during a debate…
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Law and Government
Democrat running on a higher wages platform accused of stiffing his employees
Democratic Congressional Candidate Aaron Woolf (NY-21), actively campaigning on a platform of raising the minimum wage, had to settle a claim…
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Economy
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