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News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 15, 2021

Cardin, Wicker Celebrate Signing of Bill to Encourage Greater Legislative Engagement Among American Nations

U.S. Senators Ben Cardin, D-Md., and Roger Wicker, R-Miss., this week celebrated the signing of the Organization of American States Legislative Engagement Act (S.1310) into law. The legislation will enhance interest in efforts by the Organization of American States (OAS) to combat corruption and address human rights by increasing the participation of democratically-elected national legislators from…
News  |  Frank Corder  • 
January 15, 2021

CORDER: No, Joe! Raising minimum wage to $15 would devastate small business recovery

Nestled in President-elect Joe Biden’s COVID-19 stimulus plan he released Thursday evening was a provision to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, a Democratic cause célèbre over the last few years that until now would not have been a possibility with Republicans in the majority of at least one chamber. A newly…