Nearly 100,000 Ohioans earning less than state minimum wage, By Randy Tucker, July 25, 2016, Dayton Daily News: “Ohio’s minimum wage is 85 cents higher than the federal baseline for hourly paid workers, but at least 93,000 workers in the state earned wages at or below the federal minimum last year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Ohio workers were among an estimated 2.6 million nationwide who earned at or below the prevailing federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. That represents 3.3 percent of all hourly paid workers, according to a BLS report…”
Day: July 27, 2016
Children’s Health Insurance Coverage – Arizona
Arizona becomes the last state to provide health insurance to low-income children, By Lenny Bernstein, July 25, 2016, Washington Post: “Arizona is rejoining a children’s health insurance program for low and middle-income families, becoming the last state in the union to provide coverage for health care, dental care, speech therapy and other services to families who don’t qualify for Medicaid…”