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MasterPark, a Seattle-area parking business, is tacking a "living wage surcharge" onto its customers' bills in response to the new $15 minimum wage requirement that went into effect this year. (KOMO 4)
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Arkansas state Rep. John Burris (above), a Republican, is under fire from primary challenger Scott Flippo for his role in working out a compromise which leveraged federal money under Obamacare to purchase private insurance for low-income residents. Mr. Flippo has called Mr. Burris a cheerleader for Obamacare, despite the fact that the incumbent reportedly once blocked the entire budget of a state agency in an effort to stop the agency from setting up the online health insurance exhanged that is requred by law.
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, file photo, Luis Mendez, 23, left, and Maurice Mike, 23, wait in line at a job fair held by the Miami Marlins, at Marlins Park in Miami. Employers added a scant 74,000 jobs in December after averaging 214,000 in the previous four months. The Labor Department said Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, that the unemployment rate fell from 7 percent in November to 6.7 percent, its lowest level since October 2008. But the drop occurred mostly because many Americans stopped looking for jobs. Once people without jobs stop looking for one, the government no longer counts them as unemployed. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
