Tag: Minimum Wage

Gov. Scott Walker, R-Wis., indicated that he was not necessarily opposed to extending jobless benefits, but said that unemployment insurance needed reform. (AP File)

Scott Walker: Unemployment benefits, minimum wage push because Obama ‘desperately’ wants to avoid Obamacare

Joseph Lawler · January 5, 2014 5:00 am

President Obama's view on the effects of a minimum wage increased are less nuanced now then when he wrote his 2006 book "The Audacity of Hope."

Beltway Confidential

Obama on the minimum wage — then and now

Byron York · January 5, 2014 5:00 am

Seattle mayor says city will pay workers $15 minimum wage

Washington Examiner · January 4, 2014 5:00 am

Walmart and McDonald’s hit as ‘welfare queens’

Joseph Lawler · January 3, 2014 5:00 am

On a Fox News panel earlier this week, Charles Krauthammer floated a proposal for a two-tiered minimum wage system in which the rate would be raised for individuals who are the breadwinners of their families and remain the same for others. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Charles Krauthammer’s minimum wage proposal is a terrible idea

Philip Klein · January 2, 2014 5:00 am

President Obama speaks during his end-of-the-year news conference in the Brady Press Room at the White House in Washington on Dec. 20. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Focusing on inflation-adjusted minimum wage is misguided

Philip Klein · January 2, 2014 5:00 am

An Obama economic adviser pointed to a study on how the different minimum wages across state lines had no effect on employment levels as evidence that a national minimum wage increase would not affect jobs. (AP File)

Minimum wage increase: Good policy, better politics for Democrats in 2014

Joseph Lawler · December 31, 2013 5:00 am

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New Jersey minimum wage sees $1 bump on Jan. 1

Associated Press · December 31, 2013 5:00 am

In this Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013 photo, wheelchair attendant Erick Conley, left, assists an elderly passenger heading overseas at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. A Washington state judge has struck part of the voter-approved $15 an hour minimum wage measure for airport workers in SeaTac. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Washington judge strikes part of wage hike measure

Washington Examiner · December 29, 2013 5:00 am

Subsidizing Rich and Poor

Ike Brannon · December 23, 2013 5:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., center, joined by Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., talks to reporters about an unemployment insurance extension measure, at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats look to refocus Congress on jobs and wages in New Year

Susan Ferrechio · December 20, 2013 5:00 am

D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, shown here on Dec. 6, had voiced support for a $10 minimum wage, as opposed to what was passed by the D.C. Council. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Beltway Confidential

DC Council OKs $11.50 minimum wage

Sean Higgins · December 17, 2013 5:00 am