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    Minimum Wage
    Councilmember Lisa Herbold is leading the effort on the council.
    Seattle Moves to End Minimum Wage Exemption for...
    By Casey Jaywork • August 18, 2017 1:30 am

    Some workers now make 36 cents an hour, according to the Seattle Commission for People with Disabilities.

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    Emails Show Mayor’s Office and Berkeley Economist Coordinated Release of Favorable Minimum Wage Study
    Emails Show Mayor’s Office and Berkeley Economist Coordinated...
    By Daniel Person • July 26, 2017 5:30 pm

    The study has been pushed as a counterweight to a more negative UW study.

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    Inside the Minimum Wage Data War
    Inside the Minimum Wage Data War
    By Daniel Person • July 26, 2017 1:30 am

    The UW team studying the $15 minimum wage was supposed to transcend politics. Fat chance.

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    Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant during the campaign for a $15 minimum wage. SW file photo
    As Relationship Soured, City Council Stopped Funding UW...
    By Daniel Person • June 30, 2017 11:30 am

    City Councilmember Kshama Sawant says the decision came due to dissatisfaction with the team’s methodology.

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    Michael Reich and Jacob Vigdor. Photos courtesy of Berkeley and UW
    The City Knew the Bad Minimum Wage Report...
    By Daniel Person • June 26, 2017 12:45 pm

    Seattle is getting an object lesson in weaponized data.

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