Pennsylvania

Last Thursday, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (L&I) reported that unemployment edged up slightly to 7.5%, while nonfarm payrolls grew at a healthier pace, adding 14,600 jobs in June (here is the graphy summary form L&I).

Vic's comments to reporters after the second day (July 26, 2012) of our voter ID challenge. Citing an expert study commissioned by ACLU-PA, Vic addresses the disproportionate burden these ID requirements impose on various groups, and the potentially devastating impact of poor public awareness of the new law.This video is made available for noncommercial use, in whole or in part, with attribution to ACLU of Pennsylvania, and a link (where possible) to aclupa.org.

In 1960, George Lesauvage of the National Restaurant Association was making the case against increasing the federal minimum wage. “Wages, of course, in the restaurant industry are low for several reasons,” he said. “One of the most important is the fringe benefits that a restaurant worker gets in the form of free meals which in terms of value to the employee are most significant. Another fringe would be free uniforms.”
Wow, free uniforms. He forgot to mention free restrooms!

The second day of trial began with Judge Simpson bemoaning the inexorable progression of time, denoted by Mick Jagger's 69th birthday. The rest of the morning was spent with witness Matt Baretto, an expert in survey science and barriers to elections from the University of Washington in Seattle. Baretto conducted a survey in June and early July, contracted by ACLU-PA, to measure the impact of the state's new voter ID requirements.