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In this Jan. 28, 2014, photo, President Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington. A Democratic push to boost the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour is a long shot in Congress this election year, even after Obama made it a centerpiece of his State of the Union address. (AP Photo)

Democrats’ minimum wage push remains a long shot

January 30, 2014 8:20 am

President Obama announced he would sign that measure on Tuesday, one of a slew of executive actions he is taking to bypass Congress. (AP Photo)

Economy

White House: Minimum wage order will benefit ‘couple hundred thousand’ workers

Meghashyam Mali -

January 30, 2014 5:00 am

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has ordered four airlines -- American, Delta, JetBLue and United -- at LaGuardia and Kennedy airports to raise wages by $1 an hour for workers making $9 or less per hour. (AP Photo/JetBlue)

4 airlines in NYC told to raise workers’ wages

Washington Examiner -

January 30, 2014 5:00 am

In this Nov. 1, 2013 file photo, a volunteer at right helps a customer at the St. Ignatius Food Pantry in Chicago. According to a report released Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, by the Chicago-based Social IMPACT Research Center, the overall Illinois poverty rate is the same as it was a half century ago, despite scores of state and federal aid programs and a dramatic drop in the number of elderly considered poor. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Report: Illinois poverty remains stubbornly high

Washington Examiner -

January 30, 2014 5:00 am

Beltway Confidential

The Wall Street lobby likes Obama’s ‘MyRA’ (so far)

Timothy P. Carney -

January 30, 2014 5:00 am

Business

Mass. delegation faults proposed food stamps cut

Washington Examiner -

January 29, 2014 8:40 pm

President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Jan. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

News

FACT CHECK: Obama and Medicare premiums

Calvin Woodward -

January 29, 2014 8:18 pm

McAuliffe asks business groups for Medicaid help

Washington Examiner -

January 29, 2014 8:07 pm

R.I. AG’s medicaid fraud unit recovered $8.1M in 2013

Washington Examiner -

January 29, 2014 3:14 pm

The House has passed an almost $100 billion-a-year, compromise farm bill that would make small cuts to food stamps and continue generous subsidies for the nation's farmers.

House passes farm bill, crop subsidies preserved

MARY CLARE JALONICK -

January 29, 2014 5:00 am

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Tag: Entitlements

Democrats’ minimum wage push remains a long shot

White House: Minimum wage order will benefit ‘couple hundred thousand’ workers

4 airlines in NYC told to raise workers’ wages

Report: Illinois poverty remains stubbornly high

The Wall Street lobby likes Obama’s ‘MyRA’ (so far)

Mass. delegation faults proposed food stamps cut

FACT CHECK: Obama and Medicare premiums

McAuliffe asks business groups for Medicaid help

R.I. AG’s medicaid fraud unit recovered $8.1M in 2013

House passes farm bill, crop subsidies preserved

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