By Adam Pagnucco. The question of whether Montgomery County will have a $15 minimum wage has simmered for months. After County Executive Ike Leggett vetoed Council Member Marc Elrich’s bill…
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By Ben Shnider. To drive along Montgomery County’s I-270 corridor is to pass countless “For Lease” signs in front of near-vacant office parks. And to speak with service industry workers…
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Leggett Backs Away from Junk Science Study
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By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Ike Leggett, who commissioned a county-financed study on the impact of a minimum wage increase blasted by the Economic Policy Institute as “absurd junk science,”…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Discussion of Montgomery County’s minimum wage study, branded “absurd junk science” by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), is spreading like wildfire through online conservative outlets. It is…
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MoCo’s Dubious Minimum Wage Survey
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Executive Branch has released its long-awaited study of the impact of MoCo’s $15 minimum wage bill and it is taking fire. The primary objection from bill…
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By Dr. Tom Ferleman. [Editor’s note: Seventh State is pleased to present guest blogs from candidates for office. The views here are those of the candidate and not of David…
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By Dr. Tom Ferleman. [Editor’s note: Seventh State is pleased to present guest blogs from candidates for office. The views here are those of the candidate and not of David…
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By Dr. Tom Ferleman. [Editor’s note: Seventh State is pleased to present guest blogs from candidates for office. The views here are those of the candidate and not of David…
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By Dr. Tom Ferleman. [Editor’s note: Seventh State is pleased to present guest blogs from candidates for office. The views here are those of the candidate and not of David…
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A Mug Half Full
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By Adam Pagnucco. A General Assembly compromise passed on Sine Die will allow Diageo’s new brewery in Baltimore County to move forward. But the amended Bill 1283 is a mug…