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Study: Everyone Benefits From Pre-K
If Texas improved and expanded its prekindergarten
program to include all children, state would get $8 back
for every $1 invested, new research indicates
Economic Policy Institute
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Bucks for Bullets: Federal minimum-wage raise approved
When Congress passed Iraq war spending bill last Thursday, it approved a raise in federal minimum wage for first time in a decade
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Minimum-Wage Delays
Republican pork tax breaks are holding up the much ballyhooed minimum-wage raises Democrats promised
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Minimum Wage Murmurs
Hundreds of economists sign on to “manifesto” urging Congress and state policymakers to raise the minimum wage, an act of defiance that is apparently generating some disconcerted murmurs
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Health Coverage in the Hole
Ranks of nation’s, state’s, and county’s uninsured have been swelling
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Minimum Wage Woes
In failing to pass bill that would have led to federal minimum wage raise, Congress fails workers
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Beyond the Poverty Line
Researchers say the poverty line is even higher in Travis County than what official numbers claim
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The Hightower Report
Federal workers should not be paid below-poverty wages, and electronic voting machines should provide paper ballots.
