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Congress needs to extend unemployment benefits

Alex Pierson February 19, 2014

Today, 1.3 million Americans are currently depending on unemployment benefits. However, the problem is that unemployment benefits stopped at the end of 2013.  Those 1.3 million Americans were barely getting...

Graphic by Clara Ilkka

Job discrimination remains a serious issue for American workforce

Katie Wilmes December 12, 2013

Despite rules and regulations prohibiting stereotyping in the workplace, many Americans are being discriminated against, sometimes even resulting in job termination. As the vast majority of people would...

By Christy Prust
Now hiring sign hangs near the side of the road, though the pay may not be perfect adolescents are getting desperate for jobs in the Stillwater area.

Dayton wages war on wages

Nick Wicker October 30, 2013

Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton has, in recent months, made it his goal to push for legislation increasing the state’s minimum wage to $9.50 per hour by 2015. There are currently two bills in consideration...

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