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ITEM #1
Who is this?
What does he have to do with the CT minimum wage hike?
What are his plans for the future?
ITEM #2
- What is the current minimum wage in CT?
- Who are the majority of minimum wage earners in CT?
- What kind of jobs offer minimum wage pay?
- If you earn minimum wage, how much can you expect to pay in taxes? In other words, how can you calculate your NET PAY?
ITEM #3
- Where in CT is there a restaurant called "Cafe Beauregard"?
- Why was this restaurant in the news recently?
ITEM #4
- Where else in the country is there a fight over minimum wage?
- What cites or states have minimum wage proposals over $10.10?
- Where is there opposition to raising the minimum wage?
ITEM #5
- What does it mean to "pass legislation"?
- What is a "party line" in politics?
- What does an "advocacy group" do?
- What does the word "momentum" mean?
- What is the poverty line?
- What does it mean to say someone has a "schizophrenic attitude" on a certain issue?
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ReplyDeleteWho is this? Governor Dannel P. Malloy
What does he have to do with the CT minimum wage hike? He made a law to change the anount of money eployes get to $10.10.
What are his plans for the future? he wants the state to save for the future while providing modest tax relief today
- Where in CT is there a restaurant called "Cafe Beauregard"?
ReplyDelete- Why was this restaurant in the news recently?
-Cafe Beauregard is located in New Britain, CT.
-It was in the news recently because President Obama decided to use the Cafe as a press spot for the minimum wage news. This resturaunt was one of the few places with the owners paying their employees a $10 minimum which is the states new min wage.
- What does it mean to "pass legislation"?
ReplyDeleteTo pass the/a law
- What is a "party line" in politics?
Idiom for the political party
- What does an "advocacy group" do?
are groups that try to influence the public opinion and/or policy
the legislative branch proposed and debated a law and passed it
ReplyDeleteWhat is the current minimum wage in CT?
ReplyDeleteMinimum wage in Connecticut is $8.70
8.25
ReplyDeletethe current minimum wage in CT is $8.25 to $8.70.
ReplyDelete- Where in CT is there a restaurant called "Cafe Beauregard"?
ReplyDelete2 Main Street New Britain, CT
- Why was this restaurant in the news recently?
Governer Dannel P. Mallow sign the treaty for the minimum wage of CT at 6pm Thursday March 27, 2014. Also, 3 weeks ago, Barack Obama sat there with Mallow and other governers to discuss about the situation.