By Roy Feb 3, 2020 Having lived 71 years I can tell you, minimum wage was never meant to be a “living wage,” It was for entry level jobs, teens, college students, part-timers and less highly trained individuals. Being locked into minimum wage encouraged further training/education to improve ones standard of living. Continuing to raise […]
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by Joycelyn Cabrera – Feb 3, 2020 As the final fixed increase to minimum wage hits, local businesses are adjusting. Jan. 1, the state of Arizona increased minimum wage from $11 to $12, after several increases from previous years. In 2021 and beyond, Arizona’s minimum wage will change based on the cost of living in the state. Local
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By Adrian Skabelund Feb 4, 2020 Flagstaff may have to pay the state of Arizona more than $840,000 over the next two fiscal years to cover the cost of the higher local minimum wage. The numbers give city officials their first taste of how a state law passed last year might affect Flagstaff. City Management
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By Colin A. Young Jan 28, 2020 Supporter after supporter testified Tuesday in favor of a potential 2020 ballot question updating rates paid by state government to nursing homes, leading Sen. Patricia Jehlen to question where the money to pay the new, higher rates would come from. “Who’s going to pay for this? We don’t
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By Insider NJ January 28, 2020 The following is a full rough draft transcript of the speech that Atlantic County Freeholder Ashley Bennett intends to give on the boardwalk this evening as President Donald J. Trump prepares to take the state in Wildwood. (Bennett is a candidate for the Democratic nomination in Congressional District 2):
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