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Daily Archives: September 30th, 2011

Washington’s minimum wage to rise to $9.04 an hour beginning in January

Excerpt: Wash­ing­ton State’s min­i­mum wage will rise thir­ty-sev­en cents an hour to $9.04 begin­ning in Jan­u­ary, the Depart­ment of Labor & Indus­tries announced today. Ini­tia­tive 688, which vot­ers over­whelm­ing­ly passed in 1998, requires the Depart­ment of Labor & Indus­tries to adjust the min­i­mum wage annu­al­ly to account for infla­tion. (I‑688, which NPI’s Steve Zemke was involved […]
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Economic Security, Policy Topics
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Poll Watch: Where do things stand in the Republican presidential race?

Excerpt: The 2012 Repub­li­can pres­i­den­tial race has been noth­ing if not enter­tain­ing, as the writ­ers for The Dai­ly Show with Jon Stew­art will undoubt­ed­ly attest. A new poll com­mis­sioned by Roger Ailes’ Fox Noise net­work, con­duct­ed from Sep­tem­ber 25–27, finds that Mitt Rom­ney is now the fron­trun­ner for the Repub­li­can nom­i­na­tion. The poll showed Rom­ney at […]
Written by:Wes Murry
Categories:Elections, Party Politics, Views & Reviews
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