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$15 minimum wage will stir 2018 election

An initiated measure will be on the ballot this year proposing to move the state minimum hourly wage in three steps from $7.25 to $15 by 2021. Needless to say, the proposal will stir election politics.

Controversial? Michael Saltsman of the Employment Policies Institute is already writing against the proposal with op-ed pieces for North Dakota newspapers.

The Employment Policies Institute has spen...