By Jack Mayne / Feb 25, 2020 The Burien City Council study session on Monday night (Feb. 24) saw discussion of a the city focusing its downtown redevelopment on a targeted approach on SW 152 Street and considered the possibility of a $15 an hour minimum wage. Currently only adjacent SeaTac and Seattle have such […]
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By Kennon Morris / Feb. 25, 2020 The Virginia Forest Products Association represents mainly small independent businesses in the forest products industry throughout rural Virginia—from sawmills, to loggers, to truck drivers, to equipment dealers. Our industry accounts for approximately 108,000 jobs with an industry impact of $21 billion to the commonwealth, representing the third largest
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By Lisa Rathke / February 25, 2020 MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont’s minimum wage will increase to $12.55 an hour by 2022 after the Democrat-led House voted Tuesday to override the Republican governor’s veto of the bill. The vote was 100-49. Since the Senate voted 24-6 this month in favor of the override, the House’s
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By Maria Maresca / Feb.25, 2020 The current Democratic front-runners in the 2020 presidential race, Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, and Pete Buttigieg, each hold common ground on one particular policy: Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Though this glamorized utopian idea of increased hourly pay appears ideal, it is
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From nkytribune.com / Feb 26th, 2020 recognized that a robust market for goods and services requires consumers with the means to purchase them. The minimum wage is the single most effective public policy for ensuring that low-wage employers compensate employees more adequately. It also helps to undergird our economy, which is 70% dependent on consumer
