Would a $15 Minimum Wage Be a Disaster for Seattle's Human Services?

Would a minimum wage be a disaster for Seattle's human services?
And the solution? He suggests a long-term phase-in, which apparently would give nonprofits time to lobby for higher public contracts. But the real answer left me cold. A $ 15 wage, Hanauer suggested, will eventually reduce demand – for addiction …
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Homeless in Vancouver: More homeless people is a good thing, right?
… to the terms of reference for the 2014 count, it occurs over a 24-hour period and attempts to count people on the street, but seems to place an emphasis on counting and profiling people staying in emergency shelters, transition houses, and youth …
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Radnor Board of Health calls on school district to ban e-cigarettes
They are also readily available over the Internet or through area stores, she said. Allowing the use of e-cigarettes may be “encouraging nicotine addiction in teens,” she said. The long-term health ramifications of “vaping” e-cigarettes are not known …
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Eric Speck Talks About His Son’s Fatal Heroin Overdose — Eric Speck told the panel about his son’s fatal heroin overdose, and detailed the importance of long-term addiction recovery programs and emergency treatment…

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