On Raising the Minimum Wage in Missouri
On December 1, members of the Missouri General Assembly may begin prefiling legislation for consideration in the upcoming legislative session,...
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New Study Documents (Again) the Harmful Effects of Raising Minimum Wages
The results are in, and they are hardly surprising: A new study has found that the increase in Seattle’s minimum...
Session Notes: Minimum Wage To Be Set By State Alone
The debate was lengthy, but after a raucous couple of hours the House and Senate both voted to preempt local...
A Minimum Wage Increase and the Unintended Consequences for Kansas City
Members of the City Council are at odds over how to increase the minimum wage—through city ordinance or statewide petition....
Pernicious: St. Louis Goes Forward with Minimum Wage Hike
On Tuesday, February 28, 2017, the Missouri State Supreme Court upheld Saint Louis City’s right to raise its minimum wage....
Show-Me Now! Higher Minimum Wage, Fewer Jobs
Should we raise the minimum wage? Studies have shown that doing so hurts the workers it is intended to help....
Heritage Study: $15 Minimum Wage Would Wipe Out Equivalent of 218,000 Missouri Jobs
Show-Me Institute analysts have written for years about the economic research on—and the damaging effects of—mandating a higher minimum wage...
Seattle’s Minimum Wage Experience A Cautionary Tale
When the price of a thing goes up, people buy less of it. We experience this every day when buying...
More Evidence on the Negative Effects of the Minimum Wage
University of California–San Diego economist Jeffrey Clemens’s recently published analysis once again indicates that raising the minimum wage has detrimental effects...
