minimum wage

February 11, 2019 Rob Port

I don't think we need minimum wage policy. It amounts to a tax on young and low skill labor. Far...

February 12, 2018 Rob Port

U.S. Senate candidate Paul Schaffner was on my radio show today. You may remember me writing about Schaffner announcing, and...

February 12, 2018 Rob Port

Earlier today I wrote about a proposed ballot measure which would raise North Dakota's minimum wage to $15 per hour....

February 12, 2018 Rob Port

Over the weekend we got news that a group of citizens is preparing a ballot measure that would increase North...

June 26, 2017 Rob Port

Our friends on the left take it as an article of faith that raising the minimum wage is good for...

February 6, 2017 Rob Port

HB1263, introduced by Rep. Marvin Nelson, a Democrat from Rolla, would do two things: Raise North Dakota's minimum wage from...

January 13, 2017 Rob Port

State Rep. Marvin Nelson wants to increase North Dakota's minimum wage because he's "tired of paying other people's wages" he...

January 13, 2017 Rob Port

The beginning of North Dakota's legislative session is like a holiday for those of us who make a living writing...

August 3, 2015 Rob Port

Minnesota's minimum wage just went up to $9 per hour, the second hike in a series of increases passed by...

July 6, 2015 Rob Port

"It’s Summer, but Where Are the Teenage Workers?" asks the New York Times in a headline: Ice cream still needs scooping,...