Seattle Buries Inconvenient Truths From Own Minimum Wage Study
People have a bizarre way of deflecting criticism. In some cases, when they hear something that questions their worldview, they will go so far as to pretend it does not…
Seattle Finds Raising the Minimum Wage Was a Mistake
For the second time this year, a city has found that there are no quick fixes to addressing poverty and raising wages. Recently, the city of Seattle funded…
The Mayor of Baltimore Kills Job Killing Minimum Wage Hike
On Friday, March 24, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh vetoed a new $15 minimum wage that would have been implemented by 2022. This makes passing the measure’s future in serious…
Seattle Citizens Push Back on Minimum Wage
The minimum wage has been a major plank in the Democratic platform for years, with lawmakers continually pushing for increases, both at the state and federal level. Earlier this year,…
Seattle Mayor Covers Up Study Supporting Coal Export Terminals
Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn was shown this week to have attempted to conceal the results of a study he commissioned that examined the economic impact of expanding coal trains and…
May Day Protesters, Please Return to the Ash Heap of History
It happened again. A peaceful gathering of truth-seeking progressives was marred by a small group of violent anarchists. These politically unaffiliated youths unexpectedly took over a polite May Day celebration…
Government’s Hoop Dreams Never Come True
Sacramento mayor and former NBA star Kevin Johnson is desperate to keep the city’s struggling NBA franchise. So much so that he pledged $258 million of public money to build…