- Minimum wage boosts: Did low-income workers win?, By Amanda Hoover, November 9, 2016, Christian Science Monitor: “Workers in several more states will receive a pay raise thanks to a handful of successful ballot measures seeking to raise the minimum wage. Voters in four states chose to raise the minimum wage to $12 an hour or higher by 2020, joining a growing number of states and cities that have announced wage hikes in the past few years as a tactic to boost the economy and close the growing income gap. As the slogan ‘Fight for $15’ has gained ground and shed light on the millions of people making minimum wage rates that are frequently not enough to support a family, more advocates are stepping forward to lead their own movements…”
- Four states ok minimum wage hikes to at least $12, By Kevin McCoy, November 9, 2016, USA Today: “The lowest-paid hourly workers in four states won a boost in their minimum wage to at least $12-an-hour in Tuesday’s election. Voters in Arizona, Colorado, Maine and Washington approved increases in their states’ respective hourly pay rates to at least $12 by 2020, according to late election results compiled by the Associated Press and Ballotpedia, a non-partisan online encyclopedia of elections and politics…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty