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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIdaho legislature prepared to ban local minimum wage hikes
http://www.ktvb.com/news/local/capitol-watch/minimum-wage-ban-moves-forward-in-idaho-legislature/44150804Here is the sorry-ass thing in its entirety:
https://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2016/H0463.pdf
What our Repuke-dominated legislature is attempting to do is to prohibit any city from raising the minimum wage on its own, and also prohibit any ballot initiative aimed at raising the minimum wage.
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Idaho legislature prepared to ban local minimum wage hikes (Original Post)
jmowreader
Feb 2016
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KamaAina
(78,249 posts)1. Smart ALECs.
Any time you see a bunch of states going down the same right-wing road (I believe Oklahoma is doing this also), you know ALEC (and thus the Kochs) is involved.
virgogal
(10,178 posts)2. The Kochs manipulate,Soros manipulates. That's politics in the USA.
saturnsring
(1,832 posts)3. what is soros manipulating? and how does it compare to koch's meddling?
virgogal
(10,178 posts)7. They both fund orgs that promote their agendas.
There is an abundance of info available on these gentlemen.
Easily researched.
NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)4. I thought Repugs were all for small/local government.
jmowreader
(50,562 posts)5. Until they're against it, they are
IDemo
(16,926 posts)6. Another typical year here
They are also dealing with getting evolution and climate change accepted into science standards, allowing faith healing as child health care and the ongoing battle against civil rights protections for LGBT.