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Push for higher minimum wage ignites worry about enforcement
Plenty of scofflaw businesses don’t pay the legal minimum now and probably won’t pay the new, higher wages either.
Read More »Higher minimum-wage proposals gain ground on both coasts
The 240,000-student University of California becomes the nation's first public university to commit itself to the $15-an-hour wage.
Read More »Businesses brace for minimum wage impacts
The new state law creates a five-tiered system that ramps up the minimum wage over the next three years.
Read More »States may be expanding wealth gap
Economic statistics show that incomes for the top 1 percent of U.S. households soared 31 percent from 2009 through 2012, after adjusting for inflation, yet inched up an average of 0.4 percent for those making less.
Read More »Smith: ‘Making Work Pay’ includes race/gender equity
A comprehensive study issued at the end of the legislative session provides a solid factual framework for understanding the stagnation of the middle class, gender and racial inequality, and the widening of the overall economic divide.
Read More »Chamber of Commerce reviews bumpy session
From business-to-business taxes to minimum wage, the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce recounts a mixed legislative session for businesses.
Read More »To cheers, Dayton signs minimum wage bill
The signing ceremony, which was held before a packed crowd in the Capitol rotunda, had all the hallmarks of an election night celebration as Dayton and top DFL legislative leaders took turns at the dais to celebrate the state’s first such hike in nearly decade.
Read More »The Capitol Note: Dayton to sign minimum wage hike
1) Gov. Mark Dayton will sign a bill hiking Minnesota’s minimum wage to $9.50 for large employers by 2016 on Monday after two legislative sessions worth of ...
Read More »The Capitol Note: Senate committee hears medical marijuana
1) A key Senate committee Thursday morning will hear a proposal that would allow severely ill patients to access medical marijuana, marking the first movement ...
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