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    October 31, 2015
    Line chef Chas Grant and sous chef Amy Buckmeier hand completed dishes to servers at Heartland Restaurant & Wine Bar on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. Owner and chef Lenny Russo says he’d like to give his kitchen staff raises in the wake of recent minimum wage increases and is discussing changes to the restaurant’s tipping system. (Pioneer Press: Andy Rathbun)
    When can you skip the tip?
    It’s a simple, ingrained transaction for most Americans: You eat a meal at a restaurant, then you pay your bill, adding an extra percentage...
    businessOctober 31, 2015 - 5:45pm
    October 15, 2015
    South Dakota minimum wage to increase 5 cents on Jan. 1
    PIERRE, S.D. – The state minimum wage will increase from $8.50 an hour to $8.55 effective Jan. 1. The minimum wage is annually adjusted by any increase in the cost of living, as measured in the Consumer Price Index published by the U.S. Department of Labor. This year’s...
    businessOctober 15, 2015 - 5:30pm
    September 17, 2015
    Missouri lawmakers stop cities from raising minimum wage
    KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) - Missouri's majority Republican legislature voted on Wednesday to block Kansas City, St.
    businessSeptember 17, 2015 - 9:30pm
    July 30, 2015
    New minimum wage in Minnesota to be highest in the region
    Minnesota will rise above its regional peers in minimum wage Saturday, as the state’s new $9 per hour rate begins Aug. 1.
    businessJuly 30, 2015 - 10:30pm
    July 10, 2015
    Minnesota banks on higher taxes, minimum wage as script for growth
    It is too early to tell how a recent round of tax hikes and a minimum wage increase will play out in Minnesota, a state where liberal and conservative forces have often swapped control and policies.
    businessJuly 10, 2015 - 9:00pm
    June 16, 2015
    Our Opinion
    OUR OPINION: Large wage hikes unfair to small businesses
    Wal-Mart announced earlier this month it will raise wages for approximately 100,000 of its U.S. workers. Soon, wages for Wal-Mart's service-oriented...
    opinion/editorialsJune 16, 2015 - 5:00am
    June 2, 2015
    The Wal-Mart company logo is seen outside a Wal-Mart Stores Inc company distribution center in Bentonville, Arkansas June 6, 2013. REUTERS/Rick Wilking
    Wal-Mart to raise wages for 100,000 U.S. workers in some departments
    Wal-Mart Stores Inc said it would raise minimum wages for over 100,000 U.S. employees including some department managers and deli workers, its...
    businessJune 2, 2015 - 7:45pm
    May 31, 2015
    LETTER: Stingy businesses should pay some social-services costs
    This is in response to Lloyd Omdahl's column, "Reducing the size of the dependent population" (Page A4, May 25). There are many reasons why people qualify for public assistance. The most glaring and obvious one is wages—that would be a living wage, not a minimum wage.
    opinion/lettersMay 31, 2015 - 4:45am
    May 7, 2015
    People protest for higher wages outside McDonald's in Los Angeles, California April 15, 2015. Fast-food workers rallied on Wednesday for higher pay, using the April 15 tax deadline to publicize their claims that they cannot survive on the hourly wages paid by many U.S. corporations. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
    Labor Dept to unveil proposed overtime pay rules
    Overtime pay rules for broad swaths of salaried U.S. workers would be overhauled under a proposal that moved forward on Tuesday, with President...
    businessMay 7, 2015 - 5:30pm
    April 16, 2015
    Protesters demonstrate march along Flatbush Avenue for higher wages in the Brooklyn borough of New York City April 15, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
    U.S. fast-food workers mark Tax Day demanding higher wages
    Fast-food workers rallied in U.S. cities on Wednesday to demand higher pay, using the April 15 deadline for filing tax returns to publicize their...
    businessApril 16, 2015 - 6:45pm
    March 24, 2015
    Minnesota House passes bill allowing employers to pay tipped workers less
    The Minnesota House passed a bill Monday night that would allow employers to pay a lower wage to workers who make more than $4 per hour in tips.
    news/government-and-politicsMarch 24, 2015 - 4:58pm
    March 20, 2015
    Daugaard signs bill for lower South Dakota youth minimum wage
    Gov. Dennis Daugaard has signed a bill to lower the minimum wage for youth in South Dakota to $7.50 per hour, his office announced Friday.
    businessMarch 20, 2015 - 9:15pm
    December 4, 2014
    Scores of fast food workers and their supporters calling for a $15 minimum wage fill a McDonalds restaurant in Chelsea, Massachusetts December 4, 2014. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
    Minimum wage fight hits the streets of nearly 200 U.S. cities
    Thousands of U.S. fast-food workers and supporters marched in nearly 200 cities around the United States on Thursday including Chicago and Boston...
    news/government-and-politicsDecember 4, 2014 - 5:17pm
    November 5, 2014
    South Dakota voters approve minimum wage hike by 55-45 margin
    South Dakota voters approved raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.50 an hour in Tuesday’s election.
    news/government-and-politicsNovember 5, 2014 - 8:15pm
    July 31, 2014
    Krysta Rzeszutke, 19, takes a pizza order for customer Eric Nelson on his lunch break at Punch Pizza at 769 Grand Ave. Rzesutke has worked at Punch pizza for three years. Last year, her employers at Punch Pizza raised the minimum wage to $10.00 before President Obama raised it nationally. (Pioneer Press: Ginger Pinson)
    Minnesota’s minimum wage hike goes into effect Friday
    Minnesota is seeing its first minimum wage increase in nearly a decade. Starting Friday, most of the state’s lowest paid workers will receive...
    newsJuly 31, 2014 - 10:00pm
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