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The Murray State News

The Murray State News

The Murray State News

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Our View: Receiving student debt relief shouldn’t be a challenge

August 31, 2022

Sydney Harper Opinion editor [email protected] President Joe Biden introduced a new student loan forgiveness plan on Aug. 24 to relieve some...

(Cade Utterback/The News)

Our View: Campus workers must be heard

April 28, 2022

Without campus workers Murray State would be a shell of an institution. Therefore, workers’ needs should be taken into account and their voices should...

Cade Utterback/The News

Our View: Poor treatment of essential workers is causing the labor shortage

November 3, 2021

In early October, Gov. Andy Beshear proposed a bonus for essential workers, with healthcare workers at the top of the list. But of course—it hit a roadblock...

Minimum wage value is plummeting

Minimum wage value is plummeting

March 11, 2020

One of the main reasons the minimum wage is failing to be a successful, living wage is that it has not been adjusted for inflation. In other words,...

Minimum wage is the new living wage

Minimum wage is the new living wage

March 5, 2020

As the minimum-wage-earning community grows and diversifies, it also takes on a new banner: the living wage. A living wage, as defined by the Merriam-Webster...

Eroding minimum wage is cause for concern

Eroding minimum wage is cause for concern

February 27, 2020

“Nickel and Dimed,” a production presented last week by the University’s department of global languages and theatre arts, confronts the idea of the...

The department of global languages and theatre arts presents “Nickel and Dimed.” (Jillian Rush/The News)

“Nickel and Dimed:” Campus production highlights the effects of low wages

February 19, 2020

Daniella Tebib News Editor [email protected] “Nickel and Dimed,” presented by the department of global languages and theatre arts, gives a...

Minimum wage increase dies in committee

Minimum wage increase dies in committee

March 30, 2017

Story by Lindsey Coleman, Staff writer A bill that would increase the minimum wage rate in Kentucky was unable to make it past committees in the Kentucky...

Debate addresses minimum wage concerns

Debate addresses minimum wage concerns

October 6, 2016

Story by Matt Parks, Staff writer On Oct. 4 the Murray State Department of Economics hosted a debate focused on the minimum wage issue. The debate...

Minimum wage bill stirs debate, confusion

April 18, 2014

Raising minimum wage is a controversial topic that has been in and out of the news for the past year since the introduction of the Fair Minimum Wage Act....

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