Kids just can’t catch a break on the prairie. Nebraska is currently considering a youth minimum wage that almost exactly parallels the kid-exploiting, voter-disrespecting Senate Bill 177 passed…
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South Dakota’s smartest high school seniors will have the opportunity to ask Governor Dennis Daugaard why he thinks their labor is worth a dollar less tomorrow at…
One way to kill the argument for killing the youth minimum wage cut is to point out the foolishness on which kids spend their money, like…
And Bonus: SB 177 Means Fewer Kids Get Jobs! I’ve mentioned the training wage, known as the “opportunity wage” in South Dakota, in a couple of…
Brookings friends! Are you looking for a chance to sign the petitions to refer SB 69 and SB 177 to a public vote? Tuesday—tomorrow!—is your day! Circulators…
The American Legislative Exchange Council—where “Exchange” stands for exchanging the power of the people for the power of corporate colonizers—have issued their 2015 Rich States Poor…
Meanwhile, my volunteers and I are out circulating petitions to refer the youth minimum wage and the anti-democratic petition reform bill… and KSFY gives us…
Senator David Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen) spent ten minutes reading a script to the Aberdeen City Council this evening about his youth minimum wage bill. When Novstrup finished, the council…
Governor Dennis Daugaard writes veto letters explaining why he rejects a handful of bills from the Legislature, but he usually doesn’t provide signing letters telling…
One misconception about Senate Bill 177, the youth minimum wage, came up yesterday in my conversation with Rick Knobe on KSOO Viewpoint University. As we discussed our…