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Hiking the minimum wage breaks first rule of policies to help the poor
If you’re a fan of Subway, perhaps you like getting a “five-dollar footlong.” Maybe you even like the jingle. But in Seattle, you’d be singing a different tune if you saw you can’t buy a five-dollar footlong. Seattle’s minimum-wage hikes have made labor costs too expensive for a Subway franchise to afford to do the...
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Perilous course
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Don’t be evil? In ironic twist, Google steps all over its own motto
Last summer, Google fired a software engineer named James Damore for posting a controversial memo on an in-house message board. This week, Damore and another former Google employee filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of themselves and “all Google employees discriminated against … due to their perceived conservative political views … their male gender …...
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Count your blessings
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Drilling benefits exceed the cost
Offshore drilling could boost North Carolina’s gross domestic product by $1.9 billion a year, its permanent employment by about 17,000 jobs, and annual government revenues by $116 million.
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News you can use?
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Masters’ plans might raise red flags for high court
Legislative leaders argue that "special masters" in redistricting cases usurp their constitutional role.
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Buy Pooh some hunny
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Medicaid work rules are needed
I truly think it would be a prudent decision if Democrats dropped their opposition to work requirements and cooperated with Republicans in devising some sensible rules.
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What he said
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Ability to exercise free speech should be critical factor when choosing a college
Earning a scholarship to a college or university — whether that scholarship is academic or athletic — is quite the accomplishment, both for the student and the respective family. It relieves a huge financial obligation to be sure, but it also portends a positive future for the new student, who is arguably getting a head...
