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Minimum Wage Hike to Do Little to Lift Workers from Poverty

Posted: December 31, 2012 at 7:02 am

The National Employment Law Project (NELP) reports that the minimum wage will increase in 10 states as 2013 begins. These include Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, ...
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Can States Make Up for Tax Increases?

Posted: December 21, 2012 at 6:26 am

Each day it becomes more likely that Americans face higher taxes, as the battle over the fiscal cliff appears almost certain to stretch into 2013. Many economists expect higher taxes to ...
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Op-Ed: How Higher Gas Prices Hurt Less Affluent Consumers and the Economy

Posted: March 6, 2012 at 6:30 am

By Isabel Sawhill With rising gas prices now rivaling unemployment as a key issue in this year’s election, both the president and his Republican opponents have been speaking out about ...
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Job Discrimination Against The Jobless

Posted: April 25, 2011 at 3:29 pm

In February, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission held a public hearing to investigate whether employers are unfairly denying jobs to unemployed applicants.  Though the issue was widely covered in the ...
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