Pay gap between college grads and everyone else at a record
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER Americans with no more than a high school diploma have fallen so far behind college graduates in their economic lives that the earnings gap between college…
Minimum wage
California, New York poised to raise minimum wage to $15
By ALISON NOON and JONATHAN J. COOPER California and New York are poised to become the highest-paid minimum-wage states in the nation after their governors each reached deals with lawmakers…
FACT CHECK: GOP candidates flub some figures in debate
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and JOSH BOAK Ben Carson botched the economic effect of minimum wage increases. Jeb Bush again pitched a dubious target for economic growth. Marco Rubio, in…
AP FACT CHECK: Clinton, Sanders revise history in Dem debate
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and JOSH BOAK Hillary Rodham Clinton revised history in the Democratic debate when insisting she’s not a flip-flopper on a trade deal she promoted as secretary…
Glenn Frizell Commentary Week of July 13
Glenn Frizell, host of What’s Up Kansas City offers various commentary about headlines that dominated news this week.
AP-GfK Poll: Most Americans favor a higher minimum wage
By EMILY SWANSON By EMILY SWANSON Most Americans support increasing the minimum wage, as well as requiring employers to provide paid sick leave and parental leave, according to a new…
FAST-FOOD STRIKES SET FOR CITIES NATIONWIDE
By CANDICE CHOI and KAREN MATTHEWS FILE – In this Tuesday, July 30, 2013 file photo, demonstrators fill the Hardees on Chestnut in Downtown St. Louis. On Thursday, Aug. 29,…
CAMPAIGN SEEKS TO PUSH SEATTLE MINIMUM WAGE TO $15
By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP FILE — In this Aug. 1, 2013 file photo, Seattle police officers take Caroline Durocher, center, into custody after Durocher sat in a downtown intersection during…