States with higher minimum wage gain more jobs, By Christopher S. Rugaber (AP), July 19, 2014, USA Today: “Maybe a higher minimum wage isn’t so bad for job growth after all. The 13 states that raised their minimum wages at the beginning of this year are adding jobs at a faster pace than those that did not, providing some counter-intuitive fuel to the debate over what impact a higher minimum has on hiring trends…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty