Minimum Wage Archives

Columnists

Words carry more weight than facts to liberals

January 21, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In a Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 file photo, Gov. Jay Inslee speaks during the annual State of the State address to a joint session of the Legisture in the House chambers, in Olympia, Wash. Inslee, saying too many parents with full-time jobs are struggling to put food on the table for their families, has proposed raising Washington's minimum wage by as much as $2.50 an hour. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Education

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s big ideas face big hurdles

Mike Baker -

January 20, 2014 5:00 am

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is using the holiday weekend honoring Martin Luther King Jr. to continue pressing for raising Illinois' minimum wage to at least $10. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Illinois governor presses bid to raise minimum wage

Washington Examiner -

January 20, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, speaks at a meeting in Washington in September 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Politics

Alaska’s U.S. Senate candidates weigh in on proposed minimum wage hike

Associated Press -

January 18, 2014 5:00 am

Economy

Big Ideas: On Christie’s mess, suburbanites and Bitcoin

Joseph Lawler -

January 17, 2014 5:00 am

Labor Secretary Thomas Perez joined Nancy Pelosi in calling for a minimum wage hike.

VIDEO: Democrats fighting hard for minimum wage increase

Lisa Ruhl -

January 15, 2014 5:00 am

Business Roundtable President John Engler and Randall Stephenson, Roundtable chairman and CEO of AT&T. Photo by Michael Bonfigli/The Christian Science Monitor.

Economy

Washington reporters parrot Obama’s ‘income inequality’ mantra

Paul Bedard -

January 15, 2014 5:00 am

An open letter organized by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute recommends legislation introduced by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, that would increase the federal minimum wage from its current $7.25 hourly rate to $10.10, indexed to increase with inflation.ÃÂ (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Economy

Seven Nobel Prize-winning economists endorse increase in minimum wage

Joseph Lawler -

January 14, 2014 5:00 am

Democratic candidate for governor Martha Coakley is faulting Republican gubernatorial hopeful Charlie Baker for failing to endorse a hike in the state's minimum wage. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File)

Democrat Martha Coakley faults GOP’s Charlie Baker on minimum wage

Washington Examiner -

January 14, 2014 5:00 am

In this Dec. 24, 2013 file photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Chicago. The debate on raising Illinoisâ minimum wage â an issue thatâs percolated for years â could take center stage throughout the 2014 election season as Quinn vows to get legislation approved in Springfield by yearâs end and Republicans work to fine tune their stances. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Minimum wage hike to test 2014 governor candidates

Washington Examiner -

January 13, 2014 5:00 am

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Tag: Minimum Wage

Words carry more weight than facts to liberals

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s big ideas face big hurdles

Illinois governor presses bid to raise minimum wage

Alaska’s U.S. Senate candidates weigh in on proposed minimum wage hike

Big Ideas: On Christie’s mess, suburbanites and Bitcoin

VIDEO: Democrats fighting hard for minimum wage increase

Washington reporters parrot Obama’s ‘income inequality’ mantra

Seven Nobel Prize-winning economists endorse increase in minimum wage

Democrat Martha Coakley faults GOP’s Charlie Baker on minimum wage

Minimum wage hike to test 2014 governor candidates

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