On May 22, 2001, the Santa Monica City Council held first reading on an ordinance to establish a "living wage" of $10.50/hour applicable to certain...
In October 2000, Santa Cruz, California’s city council unanimously passed the nation’s highest local living wage ordinance. Upon enactment, all full-time city employees and full-time...
In February 2003, Santa Fe, New Mexico enacted a minimum wage ordinance. Beginning January 1, 2004, the ordinance will require an $8.50 per hour minimum...
On August 21, 2000, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a"minimum compensation" law that requires city service contractors, including nonprofit agencies, and leaseholders at...
In January 1997, the St. Paul, Minnesota, city council unanimously passed a directive requiring recipients of $100,000 or more of city economic development assistance in...
Approved in March 1998, this ordinance (Ordinance No. 12050) requires companies or non-profits that enter into service contracts with the city worth at least $25,000...
In March 1997 the city council unanimously passed a living wage policy requiring businesses benefiting from $100,000 or more in city assistance in one year...
At the ballot box on November 3, 1998, Detroit voters overwhelmingly approved a living wage measure that requires city service contractors or recipients of city...
In July 2006 the Chicago City Council voted 35-14 to pass a new ordinance that requires large retailers to provide employees with a compensation package...
The Vermont legislature passed Act 60, The Equal Educational Opportunity Act, in June 1997, following a February state Supreme Court ruling in a class-action suit...
Maryland’s legislature enacted a new education finance system in 2002. It provides for $1.3 billion annually in additional school funding, and targets this increase to...
New Mexico’s school funding formula has long been considered one of the most equalized in the nation. A state will tend to have more equalized...
Wisconsin is the only state to condition benefits on the number of children a family has: 4% of the federal credit for one child, 14%...
Minnesota’s benefits are among the highest: from 15% to 46% of the federal credit, depending on earnings.… Read More
Since 1971 all Canadian citizens, regardless of income, employment or health, have enjoyed access to basic health care, whether it’s provided in a hospital, home...