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Socialists, Billionaires Back LA’s Minimum Wage Hike Proposal
An activist group is pushing to raise the minimum wage in Los Angeles to $15 an hour with the help of philanthropic billionaires, tax dollars… Read More
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An activist group is pushing to raise the minimum wage in Los Angeles to $15 an hour with the help of philanthropic billionaires, tax dollars… Read More
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House Republicans propose to roll back major cuts in Medicare home health services, saying they want to help senior citizens and other Americans who face… Read More
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In Seattle, a grassroots organization has submitted a petition complete with nearly 20,000 signatures—well above the 16,000 signature prerequisite, calling for a ballot referendum to… Read More
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School’s out, and I’m terrified my two teenage boys won’t get a job this summer and will sit around watching TV, playing computer games or… Read More
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Advocates of pulling the plug on the Export-Import Bank are girding to resist what they see as a “blatantly partisan maneuver” in the Senate to… Read More
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Today the Bureau of Labor Statistics had encouraging news for Americans. The June jobs report contained some of the best labor market figures since the… Read More
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DICKINSON, N.D.—As policymakers in Washington, D.C., debate raising the federal minimum wage, entry-level workers in North Dakota enjoy pay levels nearly twice the current federal… Read More
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The commerce department reported Wednesday that the economy contracted by nearly 3 percent from January through March. This dismal shrinkage in output has many Americans… Read More
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Republicans and Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee faced off today at a hearing on the future of the Export-Import Bank and its role in subsidizing companies… Read More
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Despite losing a friend in House leadership and now his successor’s avowed lack of interest, the Export-Import Bank — which has been criticized for promoting… Read More
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Economists are scratching their heads trying to figure out a puzzle in this recovery: Why are young people not working? People retiring at age 60… Read More
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The more you play a sport or instrument, the better you get. It’s the same story with work: with more experience, workers become more productive… Read More
The job market and student loan debt had lawmakers waxing philosophical at today’s Conversations with Conservatives event on Capitol Hill. “When I graduated from undergrad,… Read More
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A measure aimed at grounding an upstart airline offering affordable fares for transcontinental travel appears headed for a vote in the House of Representatives. The… Read More
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In the city of SeaTac, Wash., where the minimum wage is now $15 an hour, one business is charging customers a “living wage” surcharge. An… Read More
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There was good news and bad news in today’s jobs report, and both came from what the report did not show. The did not show either the warning or… Read More
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A dozen communities across the nation, including Chicago, where former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is mayor, will receive up to $1.3 billion… Read More
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His state doesn’t have pass-through taxes, so owners of small businesses don’t pay taxes on profits as part of their individual tax returns. In little… Read More
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The chief executive of CKE Restaurants—parent company of Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s—says the Obama administration is anti-business and the outlook isn’t getting any better. “Basically,… Read More
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What do Enron, the Soros Economic Development Fund, Papa John’s Pizza, Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, MTV, the Bank of Palestine, and Deutsche Bank have in common?… Read More
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The media have extensively covered global fast food “strikes” today. But very few actual workers participated in #FastFoodStrike. USA Today reports only “hundreds of fast… Read More
There was more bad news for workers’ paychecks in the recent April jobs report. Wages and salaries were flat. No raise at all – not… Read More
Policy has consequences, and they’re often very predictable. For example, if you tax businesses more, they will be less likely to locate in your country…. Read More
Everyone knows how you diplomatically break up a romantic relationship that has come to an end. The problem, you say to the one you’re splitting… Read More
An upstart transcontinental airline says it’s making headway with lower costs for passengers and higher pay for workers, but its business model put it on… Read More
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“Equal Pay Day” is slated for April 8—plenty of time for Democrats to start playing the gender card in hopes of galvanizing female voters ahead… Read More
If you want to protect spending in Washington, call it “job creation.” That’s the flip side of yesterday’s quip by Jared Bernstein, senior fellow at… Read More
Over the past few years, energy production has been one of the bright spots in the American economy. The U. S. is now the world’s… Read More
The Obama Administration is trying to regulate Americans’ livelihoods away. Will Congress do anything to stop it? The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is pushing regulation… Read More