Not many states do this: “New York State Passes Bill Allowing Employees to Place a Lien on Employer’s Property For Accusation of Wage Violations” [Employers Association Forum] With hand-made tortillas no longer economic, the Upper West Side restaurant began going downhill [Jennifer Gould Keil, New York Post] The myth of stagnant real wages [Scott Sumner] Tags: Bernie Sanders, minimum wage, New York, NYC, wage and hour suits [read post]

Journal recovers the story of four liberal wonks in the Progressive Era (see Louis Gould’s review of The House of Truth: A Washington Political Salon and the Foundations of American Liberalism by Brad Snyder), and the post-war occupation of Japan, Germany and Iraq (see Nicholas M. [read post]

Pete Ricketts, is joining the administration as a privately paid senior adviser. [read post]

Garfinkel, Telorian Garner, Gustavo Garza, Cindy Geer, Jamie Geffroy, Krassimir Genov, Petra Gerl, Holger Gerlach, Shila Ghanbarpour, Thomas Gibbs, Tom Gibbs, Lement Gibson, Rick Giguere, Erric Gilbert, Peter Gildea, John A Giles, Roy Gillim, Kelvin Gilmore, Susan Gindin, Andrew Glowacki, Ernesto Gluecksmann, Alan Goldberg, Jim Goldbloom, Sandy Gomberg, Gui Goncalves, Elvira Gonzales, Raymond Gonzales, Pete Goodchild, Diana Goodearly, Lisa Goodell, Barry Goodwin, Louis Gottfried, Bill… [read post]

Despite ongoing battles over state laws governing raw milk, the number of states allowing on-farm or retail sales of raw milk for human consumption remains the same now as three years ago, according to a recent survey conducted by the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture.Raw milk is milk that hasn't been pasteurized to kill harmful bacteria such as E. coli and Salmonella.The results of the survey show that 30 states still allow the sale of raw milk for human… [read post]