Under California's Minimum Wage, This Bookstore Owner Is Struggling to Survive
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April 8, 2016 |
| Good morning from Washington, where a freshman senator scores a righteous victory for freedom of religion. Philip Wegmann reports. A California bookstore owner tells Melissa Quinn why a $15 minimum wage spells doom for her business. A three-year study concludes fracking doesn't contaminate groundwater, and donors pull out. Kevin Mooney explores why. Plus: Nolan Peterson reports on Russia's long game in Ukraine, Jason Snead on Americans' personal experience with police seizing property, and Genevieve Wood on courage in Mississippi. |
NewsUnder California's Minimum Wage, This Bookstore Owner Is Struggling to SurviveOver the last few years, small business owner Ann Kinner has reduced her number of employees, lessened her business hours, and cut her own salary to keep up with increased labor costs associated with minimum wage hikes. She fears California's new $15-an-hour minimum wage, along with increases San Diego is considering, could be the end for her bookstore. |
CommentaryMississippi Is on the Right Side of HistoryApparently the whole "live and let live" mantra we've heard from the left for years doesn't go far enough. They don't just want their rights; they also want to strip away the religious freedom rights of fellow citizens and force them to approve and participate. |
NewsKyiv, Washington Agree: Russian Threat Isn't Going Away"Russia is trying to multiply conflicts," says Mykhailo Samus, deputy director of the Center for Army, Conversion, and Disarmament Studies, a Ukrainian think tank. "More conflicts are better for Putin, and worse for the West." |
NewsUS Immigration Agency Returns 'Freedom of Religion' to Naturalization ExamSen. James Lankford has made a small vocabulary victory that he believes will have a significant impact on religious liberty. |
NewsDonors Decline to Back More Fracking Research After Study Finds No Link to Water Contamination"The left likes to continually talk about settled science, but often it's settled on a predetermined outcome," says Nick Loris, a research fellow at The Heritage Foundation who studies energy issues. "Politicians use that predetermined outcome to justify policies that drive up the costs of affordable, reliable energy." |
CommentarySurprising Number of Americans Affected by Police Taking Their PropertyToday, more than 400 federal laws and countless state laws authorize the seizure and forfeiture of cars, cash, and real property, and these seizures are often based on little, if any, evidence. |
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