Democrat Ellee Spawn is running for District 12 House. The first-time candidate took time Friday after Democratic Forum in Sioux Falls to tell me about teacher pay, health care, the minimum wage, and other issues that have propelled her into…
Posts tagged as “minimum wage”
Nielson Brothers Polling has painted a tough picture for us Democrats with this week's polls. Rounds leads Weiland 43–30, Noem leads Robinson 54–36, and Daugaard leads Wismer 53–29. But if those numbers mean Robinson is toast and Wismer is cinders,…
Temporarily out of press releases from his GOP overlords, Pat Powers squawks in confused triumph over a Minnesota café that is adding a 35-cent "minimum wage fee" to every customer's bill. Minnesota just increased its minimum wage last Friday. Minnesota…
I don't always reprint press releases, but when I do, it's because they're useful. South Dakota Democratic Party exec Zach Crago offers—with more evidence and hyperlinks than we ever get from the dreary stream of GOP dreck—five good reasons to…
Facing a Republican Party committed to character assassination and a majority of voters who appear to tolerate it, the South Dakota Democratic Party has made the sensible tactical move of emphasizing initiative and referendum to win policy battles. Ballot issues…
Thanks to the South Dakota Democratic Party, we have the opportunity to vote for an economic stimulus package in November. When you vote to raise the minimum wage, you will not be voting to sandbag the economy. Quite to the…
South Dakota Democrats campaigning for the initiative to raise South Dakota's minimum wage can turn to economists for support. Economists pretty strongly favor raising the minimum wage. They generally take the position laid out by Brad DeLong that wealth has…
Governing maps the buying power of the minimum wage in 308 cities across the U.S. (South Dakota needs more big cities so we can get on maps like this!): The darker the green, the more you can by with that…