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New study: Minimum wages raise pay for workers at small businesses without job loss

March 7, 2023

New Research: $18 minimum wage would give five million California workers a pay raise

June 28, 2022

Only $4.82/hr for Uber/Lyft Massachusetts ballot initiative

September 29, 2021

$15 Minimum Wage Could Save Federal Budget At Least $65 Billion

February 1, 2021

New Study: Minimum Wage Increases Reduce Racial Wage Gaps

January 26, 2021

CSCCE Response to Yale Study on Safety of Child Care During COVID-19

October 16, 2020

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24 Mar

New research alert: More than 2 out of 3 people incarcerated in prison in California as of July 2022 had longer sentences because of sentence enhancements. A new report provides a deep-dive into the 100+ sentence enhancements in California: https://bit.ly/SentenceEnhancements Thread (1/8)

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