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Seattle Raises Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour, Highest in U.S.

By Maria La Ganga • The Los Angeles Times • June 3, 2014 • 900 Words

Seattle Approves $15 Minimum Wage, Setting a New Standard for Big Cities

By Kirk Johnson • The New York Times • June 3, 2014 • 1,000 Words

Why $15? Wage Plan Based on Politics More Than Precise Math

The Seattle City Council is poised to vote Monday to require a $15-an-hour minimum wage from all employers by 2021. But why $15 and not some other number? The answer is more gut instinct than precise math.

By Amy Martinez • The Seattle Times • May 31, 2014 • 1,600 Words

Michigan Becomes Seventh State This Year to Raise Minimum Wage

Move Is the First in 2014 by Republican Leadership

By Eric Morath • The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2014 • 700 Words

The Odd Couple Converge

By Dana Milbank • The Washington Post • May 27, 2014 • 800 Words

CEO: McDonald's Would 'Manage' Minimum Wage Hike

Don Thompson told local college students what the company isn't likely to publicize: It could manage a hike in the minimum wage to $10.10

By Phil Rosenthal • The Chicago Tribune • May 25, 2014 • 1,100 Words

The Boost That Comes from Raising the Minimum Wage

By Harold Meyerson • The Washington Post • May 21, 2014 • 700 Words

Wal-Mart Says It Won't Oppose Increase in Minimum Wage

Nation's Largest Retailer Says It Isn't a Minimum Wage Payer

By Shelly Banjo • The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2014 • 400 Words

Romney, Santorum, and Pawlenty Endorse a Minimum Wage Hike---Do I See a Republican Trend?

By Ron Unz • The Unz Review • May 12, 2014 • 1,300 Words

Lessons from Seattle's Minimum Wage Proposal: Editorial

Editorial • The Oregonian • May 11, 2014 • 600 Words

The Intra-Conservative Minimum Wage Debate

By Reihan Salam • National Review • May 11, 2014 • 700 Words

Santorum Talks 2016, Minimum Wage Increase

By Dana Davidsen • CNN • May 11, 2014 • 400 Words

Minimum Wage Wars

By Don Corrigan • The Webster-Kirkwood Times • May 9, 2014 • 500 Words

Split Appears in GOP as More Call for Raising Federal Minimum Wage

By Robert Costa and Karen Tumulty • The Washington Post • May 9, 2014 • 1,100 Words

Romney Urges GOP to Back Minimum Wage Hike

By Matt Viser • The Boston Globe • May 9, 2014 • 1,200 Words

Minimum Wage: Congress Stalls, States Act

By Jeanne Sahadi • CNN/Money • April 28, 2014 • 400 Words

The Minimum Wage as a Political Football

A Senate bill will probably just give Democrats and Republicans what they want most: a campaign issue.

Editorial • The Los Angeles Times • April 28, 2014 • 500 Words

What Stumps Warren Buffett? Minimum Wage

By Katie Lobosco • CNN/Money • April 24, 2014 • 400 Words

How to Kill the Minimum Wage Movement

By Timothy Egan • The New York Times • April 24, 2014 • 900 Words

A Small Business Owner’s Case for Raising the Minimum Wage

It will level the playing field for big corporations vs. the little guy

By Jay Porter • Slate • April 22, 2014 • 800 Words

The Economic Culture War Over the Minimum Wage

By Paul Waldman • The Washington Post • April 16, 2014 • 600 Words

The Huge Economic Productivity of Divine Monarchs

By Ron Unz • The Unz Review • April 15, 2014 • 1,600 Words

Missing Ingredient on Minimum Wage: A Motivated G.O.P.

By John Harwood • The New York Times • April 10, 2014 • 1,000 Words

As Wage Debate Rages, Some Have Made the Shift

Restaurants in Cities With Wage Mandates Adjust Hours Work, Prices and Supplies to Cope

By Julie Jargon and Eric Morath • The Wall Street Journal • April 8, 2014 • 1,700 Words

Democrats Consider Smaller Minimum-Wage Increase

Leaders Say They Will Negotiate With Republicans if Higher Rate is Defeated

By Kristina Peterson and Michael R. Crittenden • The Wall Street Journal • April 2, 2014 • 700 Words