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 […]
Daily Archives: September 30th, 2011
Posted inElections, Party Politics, Views & Reviews
Poll Watch: Where do things stand in the Republican presidential race?
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 […]