A nickel last time, a dime this time: the Department of Labor has announced that South Dakota’s minimum wage will rise to $8.65 an hour on January…
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SD Minimum-Wagers Get Nickel Raise in 2016; Still No Sign Voters Hurt State Job Creation
Published 2015-10-15
by
Cory Allen Heidelberger
The near-zero change in the Consumer Price Index, thanks largely to the collapse of energy prices, means no cost-of-living increase in Social Security checks in 2016. The 0.2% CPI…